LOCAL ONE AUTHORIZES STRIKE — Page 6

I GUESS ..THERE's a STRIKE today !!!!

from playbill
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/112681.html

Local One, the Broadway stagehands union, will go on strike beginning Nov. 10, the Associated Press reports.

The union has called a meeting for 9 AM ET, according to Local One's official website. The strike, AP reports, will begin at 11 AM, in time to close an early matinee of the return engagement of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! – The Musical at the St. James Theatre.

Most Broadway productions will be affected by the strike; that is, the shows will not go on for August: Osage County, Avenue Q, A Bronx Tale, Chicago, A Chorus Line, The Color Purple, Curtains, Cyrano de Bergerac, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Farnsworth Invention, Grease, Hairspray, Is He Dead?, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, Spamalot, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Rock 'n' Roll, The Seafarer, Spring Awakening, and Wicked.

Updated On: 11/10/07 at 06:48 AM

Simplistic responses to why a union strikes like BroadwayFan3's shows how little people understand about what the real issues are that precipitates a job action of any sort.

Shows lose money for a variety of reasons. A series of books could be written on the subject.

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