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BLUE MAN BOYCOTT COALITION BEGINS INFORMATIONAL PICKETING
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The Blue Man Boycott Coalition begins informational picketing outside
Panasonic Theatre in March.

PICKETING SCHEDULE:
Thursday, March 16 from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m
Friday, March 17 from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 18 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 19 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

All Equity members are encouraged to join the informational picketing
activities.
Just drop by outside the Panasonic Theatre at 651 Yonge Street (TTC
Subway to
Yonge/Bloor Station and walk south on Yonge Street or take the subway to
Wellesley
Station and walk North on Yonge Street) during the hours listed above.

The Blue Man Boycott Coalition launched a ticket boycott of the Blue Man
Group in April 2005. The boycott is supported by over 1.5 million union
members in Ontario.
Blue Man Group producers have repeatedly ignored the Coalition's
attempts to negotiate contracts specifying base pay, benefits and
defined working conditions with Equity, the Toronto Musicians'
Association (TMA), Local 149 of the American Federation of Musicians of
the US and Canada and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees (IATSE) Locals 58 and 822. The joint consumer boycott was
undertaken in order to pressure the producers to negotiate fair and
equitable contracts with artists and technicians in Toronto.

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