Equity in the News

Associated Press: Disneyland Character and Parade Performers in California Vote to Join Labor Union

Broadway World: Arts Advocates Launch Campaign Urging Governor Newsom To Reverse Arts Funding Cuts Proposed In May Revise

Business Insider: Disneyland Performers Complain About Painful Costumes, Low Pay, and Inflexible Management As Part of Push to Unionize

National Endowment for the Arts: Kate Shindle and Greg Reiner

Broadway World: Actors' Equity Association Sets Deadline for Development Agreement

Broadway News: Actors’ Equity issues deadline for Development Agreement negotiations

BroadwayWorld: Actors' Equity Releases Statement on Supreme Court Verdict in Janus v. AFSCME

Wall Street Journal: Disneyland Performers Push to Unionize, Protesting Pay, Costume Injuries and ‘the Dungeon’

Quartz: Disneyland's Mickey and Minnie Are Trying to Form a Union

LA Times: ‘The Fairy Dust Fades Away’: Why the People Who Play Disneyland’s Costumed Characters Are Unionizing

CNN: Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy File for Union Vote at Disneyland

Associated Press: Disneyland Performers File Petition to Form Labor Union

NBC News: A Broadway Tradition Lives on with ‘The Notebook'

LA Times: After Unionized Strippers Accused Club Owner of Violating Deal, Federal Labor Board Intervenes

Broadway World: Actors' Equity Association and Chicago Theatres Come to Agreement Over Wage Increases and Benefits

Deadline: Actors’ Equity To Leaflet Broadway-Bound ‘Smash’ Workshop Warning Of Possible Strike

USA Today: Disneyland Performers Seek to Have Union Protections Like Other Park Employees

The Hollywood Reporter: Disneyland Character Workers Look to Unionize With Actors’ Equity

Reuters: Disneyland Character performers announce plans to unionize

NBC News: Disneyland Characters and Parades Cast Members Launch Unionization Effort