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Deal Ends Broadway Strike

Stagehands will report back to work after 19-day walkout

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2007 10:15 PM CST

(Newser) – Stagehands and theater producers reached a deal tonight to end the strike that has shut down Broadway for nearly three weeks, the AP reports. Negotiators ended a marathon bargaining session with a deal on compensation and work rules for the stagehands, and union members took down their picket lines, the New York Times reports. “Performances begin tomorrow night," said a theater official.

The settlement is “great news not just for everyone who earns their living on or around Broadway, but for everyone who lives in, works in, or visits New York City," said Mayor Bloomberg. The strike has cost the city and theaters millions in lost income, coming in the midst of the holiday season. The walkout closed 26 shows in 30 theaters.

Union members stand on a picket line in front of the Minskoff Theatre as the strike by stagehands continues in New York's Broadway theater district Tuesday, Nov.  27,  2007.  (AP Photo/David Karp)
Union members stand on a picket line in front of the Minskoff Theatre as the strike by stagehands continues in New York's Broadway theater district Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/David Karp)   (Associated Press)
A union worker arranges signs prior to a labor rally in support of striking entertainment writers and stagehands in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. Negotiators reached a tentative deal to end the strike  Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
A union worker arranges signs prior to a labor rally in support of striking entertainment writers and stagehands in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. Negotiators reached a tentative deal to end the strike...   (Associated Press)
Jim Claffey, center, president of Local 1, celebrates, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, in New York, after Broadway stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that has shut down more than two dozen plays and musicals for more than two weeks. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Jim Claffey, center, president of Local 1, celebrates, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, in New York, after Broadway stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that has shut...   (Associated Press)
Jim Claffey, center, president of Local 1, hugs a stagehand, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, in New York, after Broadway stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that has shut down more than two dozen plays and musicals for more than two weeks. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Jim Claffey, center, president of Local 1, hugs a stagehand, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, in New York, after Broadway stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that has...   (Associated Press)
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