Vineyard Theatre and IATSE Workers Reach Bargaining Agreement
This first collective bargaining agreement, which takes effect April 27, is a major step for Vineyard’s backstage and overhire IATSE union crew members.
This first collective bargaining agreement, which takes effect April 27, is a major step for Vineyard’s backstage and overhire IATSE union crew members.
If ratified, the deal would make the Atlantic the first regularly producing Off-Broadway nonprofit with a unionized production crew.
A stagehands’ walkout at the Off-Broadway theatre is just one of several union efforts at nonprofit theatres nationwide.
More crews are electing to join IATSE, spurring the union to broaden the call.
From sewing to sketching, focusing to carpentry, the technical work of theatre can be as creative as it is practical. The best schools know there’s no substitute for on-the-job training.