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. “They helped us start getting our ducks in a row,” says Salinas. “We reached out to Equity in May, and from there, it really went fast and well. We had 100 percent signatures on our union authorization cards—everyone from all the actors onstage, everybody who works at the bar and behind the scenes, is in support of this union and excited to move forward.
Now that Meme Juice has recognized them, they can move forward with negotiations. I ask Salinas about the particular health concerns around“I would say health and safety is one of the stronger points of the company in terms of the health safety of our drunk actors. We have robust systems in place to make sure that our drunk actor is taken care of before, during, and after the show. We are all in rotation to make sure everyone’s liver gets a break.
“We really want to bring other aspects of the company to how good the level of safety is,” says Salinas. “We really want to make sure that we can address our short-staffing issues, so we can lessen the amount of four-person shows we do for what is intended to be a five-person cast. One of the main things we’re asking for is more support in the management section. Even since 2019, the original cast, they had identified the need for an assistant manager position that doesn’t currently exist.
Most Chicago theaters are nonprofit, so they use the Chicago Area Theatre contract with Equity. David Levy, communications director of Actors’ Equity, notes that for, starting from scratch in the bargaining process, the CAT contract might be a starting place, but that there are other models nationally that could serve as a possible template. “In New York, the new immersive Gatsby show [] is on a cabaret contract.
Salinas notes that there are usually around 11 to 13 people in the ensemble, and they are also developing a new show,
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