By Kenneth Jones
Playbill.com
26 Feb 2013
"For nearly 100 years, Actors' Equity has stood for excellence in the American theatre, and for dignity, fairness and respect for stage actors and managers," AFL-CIO president Trumka said in a statement. "Today Equity has affirmed those values as well as its affiliation with all of American labor, and we are happy to be presenting this great union with a new AFL-CIO charter."
"As actors and stage managers one wouldn’t think of us as union members but Actors' Equity Association has a long and proud history of being part of the labor movement," said Equity president Nick Wyman in a statement addressed to the assembly. "It is a cornerstone of Equity's foundation and we are pleased to receive this direct charter in this, our 100th year. To quote our first president Francis Wilson, 'Our trail is out of the wilderness and that trail is affiliation with organized labor.'"
"This is an important milestone in Equity's history and we are proud to receive this direct charter," said AEA executive director Mary McColl. "Equity works to ensure fair compensation, benefits and safe working conditions for its members. By doing that, this Union joins our sister unions in the fight to maintain the dignity and rights for all working Americans."
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Playbill.com
26 Feb 2013
Actors' Equity Association,
the labor union representing more than 49,000 professional stage actors
and stage managers in the U.S., received a national charter from the
AFL-CIO on Feb. 26, giving AEA direct association with a wider community
of labor leaders.
The charter — given at the morning session of the AFL-CIO Executive
Council meeting — means that Equity has direct affiliation with the
AFL-CIO, giving the actors' union a seat at the labor table alongside
major international unions like IATSE, top entertainment unions like
SAG-AFTRA and many other labor unions in various industries across the
country. The affiliation means Equity will be part of AFL-CIO's annual
conferences, executive meetings and discussions concerning various
issues — health, pension, wages, safe working conditions and more.
The "direct charter" makes AEA the 57th labor organization to receive
the honor of formal association with the national federation of American
unions.
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Pictured
(L-R): AFL Secretary Elizabeth Shuler, AEA E.D. Mary McColl, AEA 1st VP
Paige Price, AFL President Richard Trumka, AFL VP Arlene Holt-Baker
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AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka presented the charter to AEA first vice president Paige Price and executive director Mary McColl at the AFL-CIO's annual executive council meeting.
"For nearly 100 years, Actors' Equity has stood for excellence in the American theatre, and for dignity, fairness and respect for stage actors and managers," AFL-CIO president Trumka said in a statement. "Today Equity has affirmed those values as well as its affiliation with all of American labor, and we are happy to be presenting this great union with a new AFL-CIO charter."
"As actors and stage managers one wouldn’t think of us as union members but Actors' Equity Association has a long and proud history of being part of the labor movement," said Equity president Nick Wyman in a statement addressed to the assembly. "It is a cornerstone of Equity's foundation and we are pleased to receive this direct charter in this, our 100th year. To quote our first president Francis Wilson, 'Our trail is out of the wilderness and that trail is affiliation with organized labor.'"
"This is an important milestone in Equity's history and we are proud to receive this direct charter," said AEA executive director Mary McColl. "Equity works to ensure fair compensation, benefits and safe working conditions for its members. By doing that, this Union joins our sister unions in the fight to maintain the dignity and rights for all working Americans."
Visit actorsequity.org.
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