Friday, September 14, 2007
STAGE IS SET FOR LOCKOUT
New York Post: "ONE week ago today, the League of American Theaters and Producers sent out a flurry of e-mails admon ishing the theater industry not to speak to the press about the negoti ations with the stagehands."
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There's always two sides of the story, but this one has only one story. It's just that both stories are very understandable, it's hard to pick a side to support for me. I think it's because I can see myself in either side of the situation. Whatever it takes, the both sides have to come to an conclusion that compromises both of them.
I agree with the Jeannie Yun. Both the stagehands and the producers have their reason. It is tough to judge which one is correct. However, the nature of human being is vague, like sometimes people are telling the truth, but they lie at times. Where does that money go after tickets are sold? Is the money allotted reasonably? (Don explains it at his class, Theatre Management). And is it necessary to call a stagehand from the top of a period of time through the end according to the Union? If we want to survive forever, we need to step back a bit at times and to cooperate “sincerely” with others. Such issue has being existing for a long time. It can’t be solved in a short time.
But both sides still need to continuously talk with each other and work out a reasonable deal to get a two-side win if they want the bread.
It is going to be interesting to see how this all plays out. I can totally understand both sides of the coin here, but I don't think the Stagehands are going to even be willing to reach a reasonable compromise. They seem really determind to drive the trust-fund producers into the ground.
The power the producers have over the stage hands is quite amazing. The fact that they have money set aside to shut down the theaters and cover their losses says something about how long they've been planning to do this. It's like when Wal-Mart just closed a store because the employees were discontent with their working conditions; no one (company or indivdual) should be that rich that they can just shut down a part of their industry to prove a point. I think the relationship should be more of a partnership than a domination.
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