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September 2, 2016

NLRB Dismisses Complaint Vs. Actors Equity In 99-Seat Theatre Dispute!

Arlin Miller

by David Robb

 September 2, 2016 10:55am

The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed an unfair labor practices charge filed against Actors’ Equity by opponents of the union’s plan to require small theatres in Los Angeles to pay their actors at least minimum wage.

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Some smaller playhouses here pay their actors as little as $7 a day, and opponents of the union’s plan say that making them pay minimum wage will put many small venues out of business. In their NLRB complaint, they claimed Equity breached its duty of fair representation.

“We are pleased with the NLRB decision,” Equity said in a statement. “Our policies provide for both paid and volunteer opportunities for Los Angeles members. Equity applauds the NLRB’s decision to dismiss the frivolous charge.”

California’s minimum wage is $10 an hour. Kathleen Hennessy, a spokesperson for the California State Labor Commissioner, told Deadline that stage actors are not exempt from the state’s laws. “There is no such exemption for actors at non-profit theatres.”

Opponents have also filed a suit in federal court seeking to block the union from imposing its minimum wage rule. That action is still pending.

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So the unfair labor suit  failed!  An unfair labor suit because Equity refuses to allow union actors to work for basically  nothing!   Gosh…the inhumanity of the union and the state wanting actors to be paid the minimum wage allowed by California law!

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Lawsuit Filed to Stop Actors Equity from Forcing Small Theatres to Pay Minimum Wage

 

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