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D-Day Indeed

D-Day Indeed

Today is the day that Broadway's stagehands' union, Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.), votes on whether to authorize a strike against The League of American Theatres and Producers.

While I fully expect that they'll vote overwhelmingly in support of authorization, I also anticipate that they'll withhold actual strike implementation as they wait to see whether The League will come back to the negotiating table. As of now, The League is set to begin imposing portions of its "final offer" tomorrow.

It bears repeating that if the union wanted to maximize their leverage, they would hold off on any strike until the holiday season -- one of the busiest periods for Broadway.

Only the theatres owned by Shuberts and Jujamcyn would be impacted.

Nederlander Organization's nine theatres, including Brooks Atkinson (Grease), George Gershwin (Wicked), Lunt-Fontanne (The Little Mermaid), Marquis (The Drowsy Chaperone), Minskoff (The Lion King), Nederlander (Rent), Neil Simon (Hairspray) and Palace (Legally Blonde), will not be struck. However, there is speculation that if a strike were to occur, the Nederlander Organization would lockout stagehands in solidarity with the Shuberts and Jujamcyn.

Theatres not included in the current fracas include: American Airlines Theatre (Pygmalion), the Biltmore Theatre (Mauritius), Circle In The Square Theatre (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Helen Hayes Theatre (Xanadu)Hilton Theatre (Young Frankenstein), New Amsterdam Theatre (Mary Poppins) and Studio 54 (The Ritz).

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Labels: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, League of American Theatres and Producers, Local One, Lockout, Stagehands, Strike

posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Sunday, October 21, 2007