Talk:Equity (trade union)

General Secretary

The current general sec of Equity, Christine Payne, is a neighbour - Perhaps, given the woefullness of this stub, I should ask her if she knows about wikipedia and whether she'd mind making some contributions? In the meantime, I'm sure there's plenty of information that could be added which is directly sourced from their website and annual report. --»»» M ª ««« 18:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Is Equity

• now the ankur mishra formal name of the former British Actors' Equity Association, or
• simply the common short name of an organization that is still officially called the British Actors' Equity Association?

-- The Anome It is now the formal name of the union. Does anyone know how many members it has, and what it's history of membership figures is? add some good discription of equity..(by ankur mishra)

Closed shop

Why is Equity still allowed to operate as a closed shop? Unlike, say, gas engineers there isn't a safety reason to compel membership, so how do they get around the law that outlaws closed shops in the UK? 86.136.252.25 09:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

It isn't anymore.--Windy906 20:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

The 'Criticism' section isn't very clear on this. The first pargarph says "until the 1980s" implying that the situation has now changed, while the second one talks as if this criticism has never been accurate, and gives no suggestion of a subsequent change. Which is correct?--MartinUK (talk) 16:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, the criticsm section has vanished, but there is this statement "British Equity's approval is needed to bring an American actor to London", which still makes it sound closed shop to me - if it isn't then why is their approval needed? Riedquat (talk) 23:11, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Alien dues

US Equity was forced to stop charging aliens 5% of their US income as dues on the basis that it was discriminatory. British Equity did the same, claiming it was a form of retaliation. Does anyone know whether British Equity also stopped the practice? JohnClarknew (talk) 18:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Same Name

I thought I remembered reading that the same name for two members rule had been revoked? I can't seem to find anything to back this up right now, so I've left it as is. If Equity have changed their rules, a number of Wikis will need to have tenses changed in some sentences (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Skinner for example). 89.218.74.104 (talk) 21:37, 1 August 2009 (UTC)