Stage Management

Union Designations List

The 4 A’s – Associated Actors and Artists of America (AFL-CIO)

AEA - American Equity Association – founded in 1913, is the labor union representing
actors and stage managers in the legitimate theatre in the United States.
SAG - Screen Actor’s Guild ) represents and coordinates the activities of the various
persons engaged or employed as performers in the motion picture industry.
AFTRA - American Federation of Television & Radio Artists - represents its
members in four major areas: 1) news and broadcasting; 2) entertainment programming;
3) the recording business; and, 4) commercials and non-broadcast, industrial, educational
media.
AGMA – American Guild of Musical Artists - the labor organization that represents
the men and women who create America's operatic and dance heritage.
AGVA – American Guild of Variety Artists – including circuses, Las Vegas
showrooms and cabarets, comedy showcases, dance revues, magic shows, theme park
shows, and arena and auditorium extravaganzas. It awards the "Georgie Award" (after
George Jessel) for variety performer of the year. There is some overlap between the
jurisdictions of AGVA and Actors' Equity
.GIAA – Italian Actors Guild
Members of our sister unions in the 4A’s are prohibited from accepting theatrical
employment without an Equity contract, and we have a reciprocal arrangement that also
prohibits Equity members from working in the areas covered by other 4A’s unions
without the appropriate union contract.

Canadian Actors' Equity Association (CAEA) is the professional association of

performers, directors, choreographers and stage managers in Canada, who are engaged in
English-language live performance, including the stage, opera, ballet and dance.

**USA Local 829 IATSE – United Scenic Artists – Scenic Artists (Painters) Scene,
Costume, Sound, Projection, Lighting Designers, Computer Artist, Graphic Artist, TV -
Midwest, Art Department Coordinator, Allied Crafts – Costume Painters,
Local USA 829 currently admits members into the above Categories or Classifications of
Membership, each of which has certain job descriptions and responsibilities including but
not limited to those listed on website. (see report in Study Folder)

IATSE – International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (AFL-CIO)

is the labor union representing technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment
industry, including live theatre, film and television production, and trade shows.
Artists & Allied Crafts of US & Territories and Canada – Wardrobe

Teamsters – truckers - IBT

DGA – Directors Guild of America – Directors' Guild of America (DGA) represents
Film and Television Directors, Unit Production Managers, First Assistant Directors,
Second Assistant Directors, Technical Coordinators and Tape Associate Directors, Stage
Managers and Production Associates. WGAE – Writers Guild of America – Movies/TV

NWU – National Writers Union - playwrights – must be published first to join

WGA – Writers Guild of America composed of the thousands of writers who write the
content for television shows, movies, news programs, documentaries, animation, and
Internet and mobile phones (new media)
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AFL-CIO – American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations
68 national & international labor unions
Representing 13million workers
AFM - American Federation of Musicians – pit orchestra - Professional Musicians

SDC – Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers - Directors and Choreographers

is a national independent labor union representing members throughout the United States
and abroad.

SAFD - Society of American Fight Directors (and combatants)

BADC British Academy of Dramatic Combat

United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) has as its mission to
actively promote the advancement of the knowledge and skills of its members.

NOTES:
See EMC doc - Equity Member Candidate

Equity - A "Local Jobber" is a non-professional who is a bona fide resident of the community in which
the Theatre is located (within a fifty (50) mile radius) and who does not intend to make a career in the
professional theatre. Local Jobbers may be engaged by the Theatre in not more than three (3)
productions in any one (1) calendar year for a maximum of two (2) calendar years, and,
thereafter, for a maximum of one (1) production per year. Local Jobbers may not tour.

Comparison between Actor scale and Stage Management Scale

Terminology

Scab - A scab is a union term generally applied to a worker who refuses to join
coworkers in a strike. Sometimes applied to members of a non-striking union who pass
through a striking union's picket line or someone who refuses to join a union. Scab may
refer to someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
 "Closed" Shops: Ones in which the employer and the union agree that the
employer will only hire union members
 "Union" Shops: Businesses in which employers are free to hire non-union
members, but union membership is required within a specified period of type
(often 30 days) as a condition of continued employment
 "Agency" Shops: Employers can choose to hire either union or non-union
members, and the labor union serves as a bargaining agent for all employees.
While non-unionized workers don't have to join the union as a condition of
continued employment, all employees must pay union dues, regardless of union
membership.
 In the 1940s, many states enacted so-called right-to-work laws prohibiting the
requirement that non-union employees at unionized workplaces pay a monthly fee
comparable to union membership dues. It is often suggested that these laws
prohibit "forced union membership," which already is prohibited under federal
law. Most of these laws even state that employment may not be denied on the
basis of one's union membership, but that already is illegal at the federal level.

 Twenty-five states are currently "right to work" states. Twenty-five and the
District of Columbia have no statutory provision, apparently allowing the union to
bargain with the employer for the right to insist upon the payment of monthly
dues as a condition for employment.
 Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | Florida | Georgia | Guam | Idaho | Indiana | Iowa |
Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Michigan (Private/Public) | Mississippi | Nebraska
| Nevada | North Carolina | North Dakota | Oklahoma |South Carolina | South
Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Virginia | West Virginia | Wisconsin |
Wyoming