Equity: The Actors' Trade Union

Paul F. Gemmill

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1926, vol. 41, issue 1, 129-145

Abstract: I. The Actors' Equity Association formed in 1913. — Affiliation with the Federation of Labor, and successful strike of 1919, 130. — Maneuvers of the managers, 132. — Virtually a closed-shop situation emerged, 133. — II. Complete success of the actors and their gains, 135. — The contract of 1924 distinctly a minimum contract, 139. — III. Further consideration of the contract, 140. — Benefits to the managers, and disciplinary power of Equity, 141.

Date: 1926
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