IATSE Local One and  League of American Theaters and Producers Reach Tentative Agreement

IATSE Local One stagehands ended their 19-day strike late Oct. 28 night after officials for Local One of IATSE and theater producers agreed to a tentative deal.

The new contract provides an unspecified raise in wages and gives the League of American Theaters and Producers a reduction in the number of stagehands required for load-ins, the period in which a show is first installed and mounted.
All 26 productions closed by the strike were to resume again Oct. 29. 

The 3,000-member local will meet to vote on the contract over the next 10 days. If they approve, it will then be sent to the parent union for review.

The Local One strike was the longest on Broadway in more than 30 years. Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians struck for 25 days in 1975.

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