The Atlanta Opera is in a union dispute, not with its performers, but with the people who fix their hair and makeup. Those artists want to be recognized as union members.
And as the two sides await a legal ruling in the case, there was a demonstration outside Saturday’s performance at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
As opera-goers made their way to see “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,” they passed by a group of IATSE Local 798 members, passing out leaflets. That’s the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
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