"Asking our employers to care for our bodies and to pay their fair share toward our health insurance is not only reasonable and necessary, it's an investment they should want to make toward the long-term success of their businesses,"
"Without really good health insurance, it's difficult for us to do our jobs,"
"We are continuing good-faith negotiations with Actors' Equity to reach a fair agreement that works for Broadway shows, casts, crews and the millions of people from around the world who come to ex"
Actors' Equity and the Broadway League are negotiating over increased contributions to a union health fund that has not risen in more than a decade and could hit a deficit by May. Union members demand better healthcare coverage, humane schedules, and safe backstage staffing after performers sustained serious injuries and required treatments not covered by workers' compensation. Equity leadership emphasizes employer responsibility for health costs. The League describes ongoing good-faith talks. A strike could affect about 32 Broadway shows during peak season and would be the first such shutdown since 1968.
Read at Time Out New York
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