Stand United for a Healthier Broadway
The Broadway League
If you love going to the theatre, then you're familiar with the "the show must go on" mentality that has persisted within the theatre industry. For generations, that phrase has been a plucky, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-like mantra that seemingly embodies the American spirit. But that mantra, and that lifestyle, is harmful to the workers who make live theatre possible.
Actors' Equity Association and The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 have both been in negotiations with The Broadway League since August to improve their workplaces. Our unions represent the actors, stage managers, and musicians who bring Broadway productions to life.
That's why we're writing to you today – we need your help!
Broadway producers know that anyone working on Broadway is chasing a dream – whether they are on stage, backstage, or in the orchestra pit. For too long, Broadway workers have risked their health and safety so the show could go on. These unsustainable workplace conditions are breaking the bodies of Broadway workers and threatening our members' access to health insurance.
Actors' Equity and AFM Local 802 are united in the theatre and at the bargaining table for a healthier Broadway. Both of our unions demand that our members be treated with dignity and for The Broadway League to pay their fair share for healthcare.
How can you help? By signing our letter, you can tell The Broadway League that you support our members who make Broadway possible! By signing our letter, you promise not to cross the picket line if we go on strike. But, most importantly of all: by signing our letter, you recognize the humanity of workers and the value of their labor.
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Dear Members of the Broadway League,
I am a Broadway supporter, someone who loves spending my time being transported by the exciting, moving, and often magical worlds created on stage by the most talented artists in the world. The actors, musicians, stage managers and everyone else who create these experiences eight times a week are why I spend my money on tickets, show after show.
I know you are currently negotiating with Actors’ Equity Association and the American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 for their next Broadway contracts. Please listen to these talented artists when they tell you what they need. You are investors at heart – invest in the well-being of your workforce so they can continue to entertain us for years to come. Their demands for safer working conditions, sustainable schedules, reasonable wage increases and properly funded health insurance are fair and necessary.
I stand united with the musicians, actors and stage managers who make Broadway the best theatre in the world. Please come to a fair agreement that keeps Broadway healthy.