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Monday, November 12, 2007

Not Much Sympathy Here I'm Sorry To Say

As most news followers know, today is the THIRD day the US stagehands union members and producers have gone on strike and have caused Broadway shows to be canceled which is coinciding with a writers strike in Hollywood blogged about here as well in the entertainment industry.

As for the average blue collar working stagehand, they can make a pretty comfy $110,000 a year, equal to the average salary for a person who has obtained a doctorate degree, and yet that's not enough for them while the average American squeezes by on a paltry $48.000 per year. doing similar work in different fields....poor babies.

Stagehands fall into four wage categories. The highest-paid, like head carpenters and electricians, currently earn a minimum of $1,600 a week on a running show; stagehands in the lowest-paid category make a minimum of around $1,225. With overtime, additional work assignments and certain premium payments, wages can end up being quite a bit higher for 80 minutes a week of work according to ABC Radio Monday am.

Anybody feeling sorry for them yet? I sure don't I'm afraid.

Don't get me wrong, as I'm all for any and all Americans making absolutely as much income as they possibly can legally, but I would consider $100.000 plus dollars plus hefty benefits a very fair income for that job description and it looks like others feel the same way or they wouldn't have to go on strike to get what they think they are worth.

They better not get too greedy, or as they say, there are people out there that would line up a mile long or longer to get one of these great jobs.

In fact if they don't watch out they just might be replaced someday by the illegal immigrants that are stealing all other type jobs out there in manufacturing, construction, carpentry, plumbing and so forth. a stagehand's qualifications are similar duties .

Broadway Theater Stagehand Strike Dims Lights for a Second Day

Bloomberg.com: Muse: "Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The lights of Broadway dimmed for a second day as a strike by stagehands over work rules left 27 theaters dark and disappointed thousands of ticket holders. The strike closed long-running hits such as ``The Phantom of the Opera'' and ``Jersey Boys'' as well as productions in previews, including Walt Disney Co.'s ``The Little Mermaid'' and Aaron Sorkin's ``The Farnsworth Invention.'' New York loses about $17 million in revenue each day of the strike, said Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the League of American Theaters and Producers.

``We have no idea'' how long stagehands will be out, St. Martin said in a telephone interview. ``They're not communicating with us. They didn't tell us they were going to do it.'' Stagehands walked off the job yesterday morning." continued


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