Press Releases Organizing

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued a statement following reports that the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, has once again been re-introduced in Congress.

The final result was delayed when the employer challenged all but one of the mail ballots. The union is confident that it has overwhelming support from those who voted. The Star Garden dancers are seeking to become the only unionized strippers in the United States. 

With a “Yes” Vote Employees at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood Will Become the Only Unionized Strippers in the United States

Today Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live entertainment, has filed with the Los Angeles City Employee Relations Board on behalf of the planetarium lecturers at Griffith Observatory. The entirety of the planetarium’s lecture staff have signed union authorization cards. As a result 

Employees at the North Hollywood Club Will Become the Only Strippers in the United States to be Represented by a Union

Union withdraws election petition from NLRB as it pursues this course of action.

Non-union workers are earning a third of their counterparts on the Equity Waitress production

Seasoned organizer returns to Equity following successes with NewsGuild of NY and IAPE

Actors’ Equity Association held a day of action in San Francisco, with 40 Equity members joining the #YesonE campaign to volunteer and contact San Francisco voters about voting #YesonE, the local arts funding ballot measure. 

Actors' Equity announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Producers of the Broadway production Rocktopia to ensure the production will use wall-to-wall Equity contracts.