Other notable AGVA contracts includeĬirque du Soleil Productions of Banana Shpeel at the Beacon Theatre, NYC, IRIS at the Kodak (now Dolby) Theatre, CA, The AGVA Sick & Relief Fund also presents regular Variety shows, using the talents of its Members, at The Actors Home inĮnglewood, New Jersey, and various nursing homes and senior centers around the United States.ĪGVA members include Performers The Disneyland Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood as well as the World Famous Rockettes,Īll of whom perform under AGVA Collective Bargaining Agreements. Further information is located elsewhere on this website. Once a need has been verified, the Sick & Relief Fund will help with a variety of bills, as well as limited emergency grants.Īll grants are confidential, and are handled through a separate office to ensure privacy.
While employed under AGVA Collective Bargaining Agreements, members accrue medical, dental and optical coverageĪdministered by the AGVA Welfare Trust Fund, the union's self-funded Benefits Plan.ĪGVA has established, long ago, the Margie Coate Sick & Relief Fund to assist Members, and former Members, who are in financial distress. When AGVA Artists perform in venues outside of the realm of AGVA jurisdiction, their working conditions are dictatedīy the Collective Bargaining Agreements of AGVA's sister unions, most notably SAG-AFTRA. Regulations, overtime provisions, travel stipulations, vacation and sick pay, publicity, promotion and audition procedures and general work rules. Salary minimums and conditions of employment, to include safe and sanitary working conditions, health benefits, rehearsal and performance Our 4As Sister Unions are:ĪEA (Actors Equity Association), SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild merged with American Federation of Television and Radio Artists),ĪGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists), and GIAA (Guild of Italian American Actors - formerly IAU, Italian Actors Union).ĪGVA, in accordance with industry standards and Federal labor regulations, negotiates Collective Bargaining Agreements which set and enforce (non-book shows), Theme Park performers, skaters, circus performers, comedians & stand-up comics, Cabaret & Club Artists, lecturers/poets/monologists/spokespersons, and Variety performers working at private parties & special events.ĪGVA is a Member of The Associated Actors and Artistes of America, commonly referred to as “The 4 As”,which is currently under theĪuspices of the DPE (Department for Professional Employees). The variety area of performance includes singers & dancers in Theatrical Revues and touring shows
In live performances in the Variety field. The American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) is an AFL-CIO affiliated labor union founded in 1939 to represent performing Artists and Stage Managers
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