Equity is ramping up pressure on The Broadway League, asking members and the public to share their demands on social media.
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) has approved the launch of a political action committee (PAC).
The agreement remains subject to ratification by both Equity members and LORT members.
The PAC will raise money for federal candidates who back greater arts funding, expanded health care coverage and workers' rights.
The Department for Professional Employees (DPE) and its 12 affiliated unions in arts, entertainment and media have announced an updated diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy agenda with the intention of proposing legislation to Congress.
Actors’ Equity Association has condemned Tennessee’s new legislation restricting drag performance, urging theaters in the state to “join us in rejecting it entirely and lobbying for its elimination.”
There is now more opposition to Tennessee's new drag law. This time from a union representing more than 51,000 people who work in live theatre.
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The PRO Act includes several measures that fight back against union-busting tactics by employers and strengthens the National Labor Relations Act.
On Feb. 22, Actors’ Equity Association published a report reflecting hiring bias and wage gaps for union members in 2021. The last report, released in 2022, examined data from 2020.
