Labels:yellow OCR: Ictors'Equity Association was founded in New York City n the early years of the 20th century as the first of the American actor unions. Its jurisdiction covers actors and stage manager's in the professional theatre. Equity is a member-driven, self-governing and self- supporting labor association, funded by members' dues and initiation fees. It acts as the collective voice of its members, and its strength thus lies in the mutual support of all its members. Equity's goals are to secure and protect the rights of members in their business relations with employers, to govern its members democratically, and to foster and stimulate theatre. It believes in freedom of speech and thought and action. Equity is against discrimination of any kind, denounces blacklisting, and declar es firmly that emplo ...
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