Cirque du Soleil Settles With Union; Thursday Picket Cancelled
Wednesday, October 25, 2006(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Cirque du Soleil's DC
performances are now union, thanks to the
threat of Opening Night Streetheat and
last-minute negotiations. “Solidarity
works!” IATSE 22 President Chuck Clay told
UNION CITY. Cirque has agreed that stagehands
represented by Local 22 will work the show
during Cirque’s DC run and load out "Corteo"
at the end of the run. The load-out crew will
include 47 DC residents, Clay says. “This
shows that DC is a union town!” said Clay.
Added Metro Council President Jos Williams
“We’re tremendously pleased that Cirque du
Soleil has done the right thing. It’s a great
show and now that it’s union, we urge
everyone to go to show their support.”