Los Angeles, September 2, 2016– Region 31 of The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dismissed the unfair labor practices charge filed against Actors’ Equity Association (“Equity”). The case is related to, but separate from, the federal court case, Asner vs. …
Yesterday I read an article by Hoyt Hilsman stating that Actors’ Equity was “targeting minorities, women and LGBT theaters” because of a policy that went into effect in Los Angeles in April 2015. Mr. Hilsman suggests that an Equity membership …
We want to thank those who carefully looked at the EquityWorksLA website to better understand what the contracts and internal union membership rules mean, and who alerted Equity to the fact that one of the photographs was published in error. …
Los Angeles Times National leaders of Actors’ Equity Assn. on Tuesday imposed a $9 hourly minimum wage for members who perform in Los Angeles County theaters with fewer than 100 seats. The mandate, set to take effect in June 2016, …
Los Angeles Times National leaders of Actors’ Equity Assn. on Tuesday imposed a $9 hourly minimum wage for members who perform in Los Angeles County theaters with fewer than 100 seats, overriding a recent vote by rank-and-file union members in …
LA Observed I’ve been a Blythe Danner fan for decades. But I don’t understand why her words were chosen to receive the famous-actor spotlight in a full-page LA Times ad – which attacked Actors’ Equity’s controversial proposal to require at …
AFL-CIO It’s not surprising that actors in small theaters (99 seats or fewer) in Los Angeles earn far less than the movie and TV mega-salaries we’re so familiar with. But it is shocking that these hardworking actors are paid as …
LA Observed Alarm bells are going off in the LA theater community about Actors’ Equity’s proposal to require most productions to pay Equity actors the minimum wage – soon. Reading some of the dire predictions, it would be easy to …
Parabasis Last week, my old friend and editor Rob Weinert-Kendt asked me to be a guest on TCG’s “Offstage” podcast to talk about the upcoming fight over LA’s 99-seat plan. You can listen to the full episode here. The episode …
