Connect… Theater Artist Leadership Coalition (TALC) and the Minnesota Theater Standards 1 Mar 2020 By Sam I attended a meeting Monday night, February 17th, 2020 held by the Theater Artist Leadership Coalition (TALC) led by Laura Stearns, Maria Asp, and Elena Gianetti. Expecting to…
Educate Better for Employees? – A Brief Primer on Social Security 1 Mar 2020 By Ray and Paul A recent stagehand discussion on Facebook inspired this piece. In a discussion about Social Security: Put bluntly: this is completely wrong, as we'll see below. One…
Connect Why I Became Interested in Workplace Health and Safety, with Pat Landers 1 Mar 2020 By Pat I became interested in safety because, quite simply, being unsafe scares the heck out of me. Growing up, my family members had hobbies in which you fabricated or…
Connect Wishing you a Kind Holiday 2 Dec 20191 Mar 2020 Hello, out there Welcome to December. Winter is here and the Solstice approaches. The Holidays are upon us again. BUT… This year, I do not wish you a Merry Christmas…
Educate… Having an Effective Talk About Inappropriate Behavior 2 Dec 2019 By Roger with help by Allana I confess I am self-conscious while writing tonight. You see, I’m not an expert or a trained professional at dealing with other people and…
Educate… Union FAQs: Grievances 2 Dec 20192 Dec 2019 By Carrie In our March newsletter, we answered some FAQs about unions and union membership. This month we hope to answer questions about another union related topic: grievances. What is…
Educate Right-to-Work Laws 1 Sep 201914 Sep 2019 By RayPhoto credit: Allana What are right-to-work laws? Right-to-work laws do not actually grant a right for anyone to work at any particular job, or for any particular employer. They…
Educate Is my Internship Legal? 1 Sep 201917 May 2020 By Jake A staple of the entertainment industry (and non-profit organizations generally) for the last several decades, the unpaid internship was recently litigated in numerous lawsuits and found to be,…
Connect Aerial Acts – Coming to a Space Near You 1 Sep 20191 Sep 2019 By Roger I want to talk about this with house hands and generalist technicians, because I need to change something I’m doing. And maybe you might, too. Because an aerialist…
