Sunday, November 18, 2007
Broadway stagehands, producers end first day of talks with no deal
NY Daily News: "Negotiators hunkered down at a Times Square hotel all day yesterday to try to end the Broadway strike but couldn't reach a deal. Representatives of League of American Theatres and Producers and the striking stagehands are expected to return to the bargaining table today. The closed-door discussions began at 10 a.m. in a fourth-floor ballroom at the Westin Hotel on W. 43rd St. - where prestrike talks broke down 11 days ago. As the day dragged on, both sides refused to comment. Negotiations didn't wrap up until about 11:45 p.m., but there was no happy ending."
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strike strike strike strike. i must say i am sick of hearing about this strike but i also find it interesting that now we are being directly effected her in the school of drama... i guess it was about time and we are probably going to see a huge amount of small companies and schools being effected by the huge outpour of people unable to work now. its sad... the struggles are no where near over it appears.... i wonder how everyone will cope and how things will pan out...
I never realized what exactly this stagehand strike on Broadway is costing not only the shows on Broadway, but New York as a city. Broadway draws in the tourists for New York City. So restraunts, hotels, and shops in New York City are feeling the impact of the strike in the same way.
Its sad for tourists that had tickets to shows to have no show to go to so close to the holidays, but if this didn't happen now it would of just happened sometime in the future. It needs to be settled and sometimes it takes this type of action to do it.
In this mass of articles there is usually an audience member quoted about how angry they are that they are missing their show. The writers of these articles don't mention what else these people said, and I personally wonder if any of them are sympathetic to the stagehands' plight. I'm sure some ticket purchasers are aware of the fact that they are the bargaining chips for the strike.
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