Most of the shows that had been shut down during the two-week strike will resumed performances Thursday.
Details of the new five-year deal with the League of American Theatres and Producers were not released pending approval of the union members.
Entertainment unions strongly backed IATSE members, including Actors’ Equity, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) Local 802 and the New York City Central Labor Council.
This is the second strike on Broadway in the past five years. Musicians walked out for four days in 2003.
Meanwhile, contract talks between striking writers and television and movie producers resumed. Writers members have been on strike since Nov. 5.
On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee cancelled a scheduled Dec. 10 Democratic candidates\' debate on CBS television because of a possible strike by CBS News writers.
The leading Democratic candidates have vowed to not cross any picket lines if the writers, members of the Writers Guild of America, East, strike the network. They have been without a contract since April 2005 and contract talks have stalled. The writers have authorized a strike.
Adapted from the AFL-CIO news blog, http://blog.aflcio.org
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Most of the shows that had been shut down during the two-week strike will resumed performances Thursday.
Details of the new five-year deal with the League of American Theatres and Producers were not released pending approval of the union members.
"We’re glad there’s a deal, and everyone should go back to work and the public should go see a Broadway show," Bruce Cohen, a spokesman for the union, said.
Theater owners and producers in the billion-dollar-a-year industry were demanding a 38 percent cut in jobs and wages, according to IATSE. About a quarter of the 2,200 members of Local 1, who build scenery, maintain props and install and operate lighting and sound equipment, work in Broadway theaters.
Entertainment unions strongly backed IATSE members, including Actors’ Equity, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) Local 802 and the New York City Central Labor Council.
This is the second strike on Broadway in the past five years. Musicians walked out for four days in 2003.
Meanwhile, contract talks between striking writers and television and movie producers resumed. Writers members have been on strike since Nov. 5.
On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee cancelled a scheduled Dec. 10 Democratic candidates\’ debate on CBS television because of a possible strike by CBS News writers.
The leading Democratic candidates have vowed to not cross any picket lines if the writers, members of the Writers Guild of America, East, strike the network. They have been without a contract since April 2005 and contract talks have stalled. The writers have authorized a strike.
Adapted from the AFL-CIO news blog, http://blog.aflcio.org