AEA President Kate Shindle Actors' Equity Association (“Equity"), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 Actors and Stage Managers. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks.
Actors rally for the strike of 1919; two Presidents: former AEA President Frederick O'Neal and President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Times Square year 2000 celebration. For more Equity history visit the Equity Timeline by clicking here.