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Third strike - Broadway?

BuddyThomas

BuddyThomas

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So this is happening………hopefully they will work it out this week because otherwise, Broadway is going to be decimated.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

IATSE Holds Strike Authorization Vote for Theater Workers on the Pink Contract (Exclusive)

The contract covers about 1,500 stagehands, wardrobe personnel, and hair and makeup artists who work across 28 productions on Broadway and 17 on tour. If a deal isn't reached, a strike could occur as soon as Friday.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
 
networkpro

networkpro

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In the Parks
Yes
The impact of a Broadway strike to the majority of the country is minimal at best, but I do know that inflation after the long Covid shutdown impaced them greatly. I do sympathize, but it's an industry fed by discretionary income. Taxes rise, businesses and people relocate so patronage declines. Vicious spiral.
 
artvandelay

artvandelay

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networkpro said:
The impact of a Broadway strike to the majority of the country is minimal at best, but I do know that inflation after the long Covid shutdown impaced them greatly. I do sympathize, but it's an industry fed by discretionary income. Taxes rise, businesses and people relocate so patronage declines. Vicious spiral.
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This strike is not just Broadway, it’s also most touring productions. I do think this will get settled and avoid a strike though.
 
BuddyThomas

BuddyThomas

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JPPT1974 said:
Really hope both the actors and writers will learn from this and really end this asap. It hurts the viewers as in us and the actors who are not big name stars or get high paychecks.
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IATSE knew they couldn't really shut down Broadway in the middle of summer tourist season. They would have looked like complete and total a-holes. Plus, the stagehands are already extremely highly paid. In the past, these Broadway things have been resolved fairly quickly. I think the longest strike they ever had was less than 30 days. To close down Broadway again right after the endless COVID shutdown would have been unthinkable.
 

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