According to Playbill, up to 1,500 IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) "stagehands, hair and make-up artists, wardrobe personnel, and others employed directly by productions" could be on strike as early as Friday evening after IATSE called a strike authorization vote yesterday. IATSE is currently in the process of negotiating its "Pink Contract"—which to simplify, covers people directly-employed by productions—and the contract expires on Friday. (It was previously set to expire earlier this month but has been delayed a few times as negotiations continue.)
The ramifications of an affirmative vote to strike and a subsequent strike action would be significant. Beyond the obvious context of becoming the third major entertainment union on strike simultaneously, Playbill reports that the contract in question "covers 28 of 30 currently-running Broadway productions and 17 national tours." In short: a large number of Broadway productions will not be able to continue without scab labor if IATSE goes on strike, although productions with non-Pink Contract employees would be able to continue.
Remaining holdout issues for IATSE are reportedly "salary increases and weekly and daily rest periods". According to Deadline, the union has already reportedly won a "tentative agreement to protect employer-provided healthcare without cuts or increased out of pocket costs, and another [agreement] securing employer-provided housing for touring crews for the first time".
