Unions & Guilds: Post-Class Resources
Articles on the history of theatrical labor unions and additional reading can be found below.
On the recent move to unionize backstage crew off-Broadway:
Atlantic Theater Strike May Be Just the Beginning, New York Times
Off Broadway, Labor Tension Heats Up, New York Times
As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril, New York Times
When Actors' Equity Staged its First Strike, American Theatre Magazine
Casting Directors Rally for Union Recognition, Playbill.com
Theater Producers Accuse Casting Directors of Forming Illegal Cartel, New York Times
Stage vs. Screen Becomes a Union Battleground, American Theatre Magazine
How it resolved: The Equity/SAG-AFTRA Streaming Deal is Done