IATSE Joins 'We Are The Met' Rally

Opera Wire: In a statement, the union, which represents 350 stagehands and other Met members, said “The performing arts are returning — but not the Metropolitan Opera. On Thursday, May 13 at noon, hundreds of the Met Opera’s artists and backstage workers, joined by government leaders and supporters of labor and opera, will send a message that the famed opera company’s management needs to stop its unfair treatment of its workforce and end its lockout of stagehands — or there will be no 2020-2021 opera season.”