Talk:Equity (trade union)

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Contents 1 General Secretary 2 Is Equity 3 Closed shop 4 Alien dues

[edit] General Secretary

The current general sec of Equity, Christine Payne, lives next door to me - 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 to their website and annual report. :P --»»» M ª ««« 18:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is Equity

• now the 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?

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)