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 Stagehands Local 22 have reached an agreement for a new three-year contract with the management of the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The agreement was ratified by the union’s membership at a meeting on Saturday.Do-or-die negotiations are still underway, however, between IATSE and the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract; IATSE members have authorized a nationwide strike if a fair deal can’t be reached in the next few days.The new Kennedy Center agreement calls for a wage freeze in the first year of the contract,
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