A threatened IATSE strike against the Kennedy Center has been averted. Following late night bargaining Friday and a unanimous vote to strike earlier this week, stagehands represented by IATSE Stage…
in Washington, D.C. The agreement was ratified by the union’s membership at a meeting on Saturday.
The new Kennedy Center agreement calls for a wage freeze in the first year of the contract, followed by what the union calls “a slight increase” in compensation in years two and three.“This was a long hard slog, but we now have a contract we can live with that protects our members and gives the Kennedy Center the relief it needs to recover from the pain caused by the pandemic,” said IATSE Local 22 president David McIntyre.
Under the new deal, the union was able to lock in its jurisdictional rights for the REACH, while two new positions in the bargaining unit will be created. Protocols for better protecting workers against Covid-19 were also established. The Kennedy Center’s management, meanwhile, will gain some added flexibility for staffing load-out calls.
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