THOUGHTS ON EQUITY AND LA 99

THOUGHTS ON EQUITY AND LA 99 – member division and solution Political and propaganda maneuvering is intensifying between equity members supporting LA 99, as it is, and equity members demanding change. At issue is money: 99 producers with some equity members insist on actors not being paid; this is said to provide more actors an opportunity to work. On the other side of the divide are equity members who insist on being paid. Actors’ Equity Association is said to be going forward with its plans to implement a minimum wage contract at LA 99. What makes this a politically murky situation is that equity members are pitted against equity members while 99 producers sit awaiting the outcome. To muddy this political pool even more is that some equity members are also producers. As an equity actor I’m for a minimum wage equity contract – work for pay is equitable. Adolphus