Press Releases Health

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued a statement in response to an agreement being reached on the New York State’s new budget, which includes renewing its COBRA subsidy program with $2 million funding.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued a statement in response to Rep. Pramila Jayapal introducing a single-payer health care bill.

Bill Would Introduce New, Affordable Public Option

Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s tweet asking the Senate to block all coronavirus relief until after the election.

Equity’s National Council Requested a Demographic Study on How Plan Changes Would Impact BIPOC Members, Pregnant Members and Members Living Outside New York, Los Angeles and Chicago; No Study Has Been Returned

Ending the Affordable Care Act Would Mean Chaos for Thousands of Art and Entertainment Sector Workers

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, commends Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), for their introduction of the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act, which will offer 100% COBRA health insurance subsidies for those who have lost their health insurance due to the pandemic.

The flu season is almost upon us, and Equity is planning ahead to keep its members healthy by once again sponsoring its Annual Broadway and Off-Broadway Free Flu Shot Program this fall. In its 20th year now, the free flu shot program is offered through Physician Volunteers for the Arts, which is funded by a generous grant from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.