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Actorsâ Pay Dispute Spotlights Small Los Angeles Theaters
Some performers arenât happy about unionâs minimum-wage requirement for â99-seatâ venues
LOS ANGELESâActors in this cityâs small-theater scene got a raise this monthâto the minimum wage. But some performers arenât happy about it.
The rift started last year, when a new Actorsâ Equity Association contract required members be paid minimum wage, currently $10 an hour in California, for work in small venues, commonly referred to as â99-seatâ theaters. Until then, actors in Los Angeles had typically received daily stipends for such workâsometimes as little as $7 a day.
But a group of vocal supporters or veterans of 99-seat theaters, including area theater owners and actors Ed Asner and Ed Harris, sued Actorsâ Equity this year, saying the minimum-wage requirement would force small theaters to close. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit on Dec. 8, and the new requirements went into effect on Dec. 15, but the plaintiffs said their fight isnât over. âWeâre not finished,â said Gary Grossman, one of the plaintiffs and the artistic director of the Skylight Theatre Company. Appealing the judgeâs decision is one option on the table, he said.
Actorsâ Pay Dispute Spotlights Small Los Angeles Theaters
Ed Asner, perhaps the biggest far left piece of shit actor in ALL of Hollywood all of a sudden SEES the folly in the stupid democrats (class division political socialist tactic) war on SMALL businesses.
All of a sudden these theaters, who will not be able to afford the 5 dollar and hour INCREASE due to California LAW.
Funny, isn't it? Fucking morons. Fucking hypocrites.
Some performers arenât happy about unionâs minimum-wage requirement for â99-seatâ venues
LOS ANGELESâActors in this cityâs small-theater scene got a raise this monthâto the minimum wage. But some performers arenât happy about it.
The rift started last year, when a new Actorsâ Equity Association contract required members be paid minimum wage, currently $10 an hour in California, for work in small venues, commonly referred to as â99-seatâ theaters. Until then, actors in Los Angeles had typically received daily stipends for such workâsometimes as little as $7 a day.
But a group of vocal supporters or veterans of 99-seat theaters, including area theater owners and actors Ed Asner and Ed Harris, sued Actorsâ Equity this year, saying the minimum-wage requirement would force small theaters to close. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit on Dec. 8, and the new requirements went into effect on Dec. 15, but the plaintiffs said their fight isnât over. âWeâre not finished,â said Gary Grossman, one of the plaintiffs and the artistic director of the Skylight Theatre Company. Appealing the judgeâs decision is one option on the table, he said.
Actorsâ Pay Dispute Spotlights Small Los Angeles Theaters
Ed Asner, perhaps the biggest far left piece of shit actor in ALL of Hollywood all of a sudden SEES the folly in the stupid democrats (class division political socialist tactic) war on SMALL businesses.
All of a sudden these theaters, who will not be able to afford the 5 dollar and hour INCREASE due to California LAW.
Funny, isn't it? Fucking morons. Fucking hypocrites.