The union of actors and stage managers was so prepared for the possibility that they had drawn up schedules for picket lines and had posters at the ready if an agreement wasn’t reached. But after weeks of negotiations over the Broadway production contract, and a mediator stepping in, a tentative agreement was finally reached Oct. 18, which members later ratified.
Still, Equity leadership wasn’t sure which way it would go as the team began its Oct. 17 mediation session that lasted until the early hours the next day. The negotiating team began to see movement around midnight, meeting the deadline they had set, which helped clear the rest of the way.
“The goal is always to get an agreement. However, we were absolutely 100 percent prepared to strike, and we had the logistics set up. We had done all the groundwork,…
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