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A broadway strike Despite a still hovering Milan represent thousands actors Reaching a tentative new labor agreement with commercial growers over the weekend.
The Actors’ Equity Association has announced a new three-year agreement for its more than 51,000 members, including singers, actors, dancers and stage managers, on issues such as health care, scheduling and physical therapy.
The provisional agreement will now go to members for ratification.
Jason Lax, president of the Broadway League, which represents the producers, said, “We are pleased to reach a tentative agreement on terms with which both parties are comfortable.”
“Our focus has been on negotiating in good faith at the bargaining table to reach a fair contract and we thank our mediators for their diligent work in bringing us together.”
League and American Federation of musicians Local 802 – which represents 1,200 musicians – has not yet reached deal As yet. They have voted in favor of bargaining strike authority.
Members of both unions are working under expired contracts. The musicians’ contract expired on August 31, and the Equity contract expired on September 28.
The temporary breakthrough between producers and the Actors’ Equity Association came as a relief as a strike could cripple Broadway, just as it appears to have recovered from the pandemic shutdown.
The most recent major strike on Broadway occurred in late 2007, when a 19-day walkout took out the lights of more than two dozen shows and cost producers and the city millions of dollars in lost revenue.
Now the focus is on the musicians. “We are throwing our full support behind AFM Local 802 as they work to reach an agreement with the league to avert a strike,” Actors Equity executive director and chief negotiator Al Vincent Jr. said in a statement.
In a statement, the musicians’ union said, “We look forward to returning to the table to reach an agreement that will allow us to avoid a strike.
“Until that happens, we will continue our strike preparations in earnest, and we thank Actors Equity for their continued support and solidarity.”