Broadway producers, stagehands to resume talks on Saturday
15/11/2007 16:38
New York Broadway producers and the stagehands union will return to the
negotiation table on Saturday, local media reported yesterday.
The meeting
will be the first since talks broke down last week, prompting a strike by
stagehands that is now in its fifth day.
The major sticking point has been
the number of stagehands required to work each show. Producers accuse the union
of forcing them to hire and pay more workers than are really needed. But the
stagehand union says it will not give up job protection.
More than two dozen
Broadway plays and musicals, such as "The Color Purple," "Chicago," "Grease,"
"Phantom of the Opera," have been shut down in the past five days by the work
stoppage. Only eight shows remain open under separate contracts with
producers.
It is estimated that the strike would cost the city US$17 million
a day.
Xinhua
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