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Every Stripper Voted for Union Representation with Actors’ Equity Association
Star Garden Dancers Only Strippers in the United States to be Represented by a Union

Votes by North Hollywood strippers in union election to be counted by the NLRB this week; employer withdraws all election challenges; strippers will be reinstated; bargaining for a first contract to begin with the assistance of Actors’ Equity Association; club to reopen and dancers to return to the stage

Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, and The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, officially have a new contract governing touring productions, following ratification by vote of Equity membership.

City of Los Angeles Grants Union Recognition to the Griffith Observatory Planetarium’s Lecturers. Bargaining on a first contract to begin.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, and the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the largest professional theatre association of its kind in the United States, have ratified a new four-and-a-half-year agreement.

New Agreement Supersedes Previous Production Contract Touring and Short Engagement Touring Agreements

The union has been negotiating with The Broadway League for a new national touring contract since January

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued a statement following reports that the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, has once again been re-introduced in Congress.

The final result was delayed when the employer challenged all but one of the mail ballots. The union is confident that it has overwhelming support from those who voted. The Star Garden dancers are seeking to become the only unionized strippers in the United States. 

With a “Yes” Vote Employees at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood Will Become the Only Unionized Strippers in the United States