local one vote
local one vote
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local one vote#1
Posted: 10/21/07 at 5:24pm
Maybe I missed it somewhere below, but the Local One membership
did vote this morning to be able to call a strike. The next move is the producers - will they post new work rules on Tuesday? All of Shubert house management has been called to a meeting Tuesday afternoon.
re: local one vote#2
Posted: 10/21/07 at 6:11pm
They already issued a new set of rules and have been telling individual department heads how they want them to do the work now.
re: local one vote#2
Posted: 10/21/07 at 6:29pm
Hi Jerseygurl
You mind me asking where you're getting your information? Not doubting you, just curious (and news-hungry)
You say they "did vote this morning to be able to call a strike"
Can you clarify "to be able to" please? Does this mean they now have the power to if they want to, but they haven't decided if they are going to?
re: local one vote#3
Posted: 10/21/07 at 6:32pm
^^As expected, Broadway stagehands voted unanimously Sunday to give their union authorization to strike.
"No work in December without a deal," James J. Claffey, president of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees told the approximately 1,000 members, according to a statement released shortly after the two-and-a-half hour meeting held in the ballroom of the Westin Hotel on 42nd Street.
Stagehands also agreed to add an additional $1 million to their $4.1 million war chest, earmarked for other unions that could be adversely affected financially if there is a work stoppage.
The 121-year-old stagehand union has never gone on strike; but the vote raises the possibility of one as early as this week.
Broadway stagehands vote unanimously to authorize strike
re: local one vote#4
Posted: 10/21/07 at 6:33pm
And Playbill:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/112084.html
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
re: local one vote#5
Posted: 10/21/07 at 7:47pm
"The 'featherbedding' practices of the past are simply no longer acceptable. Our position is clear: no work, no pay. . . "
this coming from a group of people who have no clue what we do. they actually made a comment about how they thought it made no difference whether you did the pre-hang or the spotting call first.
they also think that electricians work on a special "electrics grid" that differs from the regular theater grid.
these are things that they actually said. clueless to what we do and yet are so adamant about what we dont do.
They suffer from the idea that having money cures ignorance.
hence why we will prevail.
re: local one vote#6
Posted: 10/22/07 at 3:01amHey has anyone bothered to look at the weekly grosses per theater that is reported to playbill.com I mean really for a company like Jujamcyn -Theater August Wilson formally the Virginia Theater- Jersey Boys grossed $1,272,077.00 for the week of October 8-14, or look at Subert Theater -Shubert Organization-Spamalot grossed $712,888.00 for that week as well. I mean really how much money do they have to make. Also what happens if Broadway goes dark those shows that happen to be sold out for a while say a year or two and hey I'm on bus trip from say Allentown PA are they going to not only give me ticket for a year from now are they going to pay my bus fare as well or for the whole group in general I mean the average bus trip group is about 50 people. Unions need to stick together Lead on Local 1 just remember your other Brother and Sister Unions.
re: local one vote#7
Posted: 10/22/07 at 3:03amDid someone once tell you copy and paste was your friend? Because they were wrong.
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