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Executive Director Mary McColl addresses the crowd at 2017's Rally to Save the Arts at NY City Hall

Equity in the News

  • The Hollywood Reporter: Actors’ Equity Launches Political Action Committee Ahead of 2024 Election

    The Hollywood Reporter: Actors’ Equity Launches Political Action Committee Ahead of 2024 Election

    The PAC will raise money for federal candidates who back greater arts funding, expanded health care coverage and workers' rights.

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  • Broadway News: Actors’ Equity, Musicians Union and More Announce Collective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy Agenda

    Broadway News: Actors’ Equity, Musicians Union and More Announce Collective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy Agenda

    The Department for Professional Employees (DPE) and its 12 affiliated unions in arts, entertainment and media have announced an updated diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy agenda with the intention of proposing legislation to Congress.

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  • Deadline: Actors’ Equity Condemns Tennessee’s Anti-Drag Legislation & “Ridiculous Politicians”

    Deadline: Actors’ Equity Condemns Tennessee’s Anti-Drag Legislation & “Ridiculous Politicians”

    Actors’ Equity Association has condemned Tennessee’s new legislation restricting drag performance, urging theaters in the state to “join us in rejecting it entirely and lobbying for its elimination.”

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  • NewsChannel 5 Nashville: Theatre Union Representing More Than 51,000 Workers Calls Out New Drag Legislation

    NewsChannel 5 Nashville: Theatre Union Representing More Than 51,000 Workers Calls Out New Drag Legislation

    There is now more opposition to Tennessee's new drag law. This time from a union representing more than 51,000 people who work in live theatre.

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  • Newser: Actors Union Rips Tennessee's 'Ridiculous Politicians'

    Newser: Actors Union Rips Tennessee's 'Ridiculous Politicians'

    RuPaul joins criticism as LGBTQ benefit concert adds big names

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  • Broadway World: Actors' Equity Association Applauds the Reintroduction of the PRO Act

    Broadway World: Actors' Equity Association Applauds the Reintroduction of the PRO Act

    The PRO Act includes several measures that fight back against union-busting tactics by employers and strengthens the National Labor Relations Act.

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  • Broadway News: Actors’ Equity Publishes 2021 Report on Hiring Bias and Wage Gaps Among Union Members

    Broadway News: Actors’ Equity Publishes 2021 Report on Hiring Bias and Wage Gaps Among Union Members

    On Feb. 22, Actors’ Equity Association published a report reflecting hiring bias and wage gaps for union members in 2021. The last report, released in 2022, examined data from 2020.

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  • Deadline: Actors’ Equity Finds “Steady But Small” Increase In Job Opportunity Diversity In 2021: Latest Annual Study Released

    Deadline: Actors’ Equity Finds “Steady But Small” Increase In Job Opportunity Diversity In 2021: Latest Annual Study Released

    The latest installment of Actors’ Equity Association’s annual hiring and wage report – covering the year 2021 and titled “Progress During an Atypical Year” – finds that the theater industry made small but steady progress in diversity and equity in union jobs for stage managers and actors.

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  • Daily News: Outrage on Broadway as Neo-Nazi Group Rallies Outside ‘Parade,’ Musical About a Lynched American Jew

    Daily News: Outrage on Broadway as Neo-Nazi Group Rallies Outside ‘Parade,’ Musical About a Lynched American Jew

    The Actors’ Equity Association, a labor union representing Broadway performers, said in a statement that “‘Parade’ tells an important story of what happens when antisemitism and other kinds of hatred are allowed to grow unchecked.”

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  • Broadway News: Actors’ Equity Takes First Step Towards Potential Name Change

    Broadway News: Actors’ Equity Takes First Step Towards Potential Name Change

    Actors’ Equity Association is the union for more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theater, but its name only captures one profession of its members.

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