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  • April 2020

Equity in the News April 2020

  1. BACKSTAGE: INDUSTRY LEADERS—FROM UNIONS TO THEATERS—CONSIDER HOW TO REOPEN IN THE U.S SAFELY

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:41:00 GMT – 0

    Theater leaders are beginning conversations around how to reopen their institutions after they were shuttered by the coronavirus.

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    • Backstage
    • Coronavirus
  2. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: ACTORS' EQUITY ENLISTS FORMER OSHA CHIEF TO HELP REBOOT LIVE STAGE SAFELY

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:39:00 GMT – 0

    The union's model standards could help the film and television industry, as well.

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    • Coronavirus
    • The Hollywood Reporter
  3. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: UNIONS ASK CONGRESS TO RESTORE BUSINESS EXPENSE DEDUCTIONS FOR HOLLYWOOD WORKERS

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:38:00 GMT – 0

    Their goal: restore tax deductions for unreimbursed business expenses, which can be quite large, even for working- and middle-class personnel.

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    • Coronavirus
    • The Hollywood Reporter
  4. BROADWAY NEWS: THEATRICAL UNIONS ASK CONGRESS FOR TAX DEDUCTION IN RELIEF PACKAGES

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:16:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA have joined with more than a dozen unions to advocate for a tax deduction for artists in upcoming relief packages.

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    • Broadway News
    • Coronavirus
  5. AMERICAN THEATRE: FORMER OSHA HEAD TO CONSULT ACTORS' EQUITY ON COVID SAFETY

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:14:00 GMT – 0

    The union, which will have a say in when and how actors and stage managers return to work, has retained David Michaels to help develop workplace safety standards.

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    • American Theatre
    • Coronavirus
  6. BROADWAY NEWS: ACTORS’ EQUITY HIRES FORMER OSHA MEMBER TO ESTABLISH COVID-19 SAFETY STANDARDS

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:51:00 GMT – 0

    Members of Actors’ Equity will not return to work in the theater until the union deems it safe to do so, Equity announced Friday.

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    • Broadway News
    • Coronavirus
  7. DEADLINE: REOPENING BROADWAY: ACTORS’ EQUITY RECRUITS HIGH-PROFILE SAFETY CONSULTANT AS EXEC DIRECTOR DETAILS WHAT’S AT STAKE

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:22:00 GMT – 0

    EXCLUSIVE: Actors’ Equity Association has hired the high-profile safety consultant David Michaels, former administrator of OSHA under President Barack Obama, to advise and help the union develop the steps necessary for reopening Broadway and theaters across the country after the COVID-19 shutdown.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Deadline
  8. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: ACTORS' EQUITY WARNS AGAINST "TROUBLING" REPORTS OF PRODUCTIONS RESUMING IN MAY

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:29:00 GMT – 0

    The actors and stage managers' union urged members to contact their regional office if asked to work again in less than a month amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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    • Coronavirus
    • The Hollywood Reporter
  9. LAW360: UNIONS SAY NEXT VIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE NEEDS PENSION REFORM

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:27:00 GMT – 0

    Union pension funds — already ailing and facing the possibility of a faster demise in a strained economy — are pushing Congress to use the next round of coronavirus relief legislation to give them the help they need to avoid going belly up.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Law360
  10. ORLANDO SENTINEL: DISNEY WORLD EQUITY ACTORS ALSO GOING ON UNPAID FURLOUGHS AS NUMBERS SEEKING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN FLORIDA WILL GROW

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:20:00 GMT – 0

    About 800 Disney World equity actors will also be furloughed without pay starting April 19, its union announced Tuesday as they will join thousands of others at the theme parks losing their paychecks indefinitely during the coronavirus pandemic.

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    • Coronavirus
    • Orlando Sentinel
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