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Arizona Theatre Company Workers Ratify First Union Contract with IATSE Local 415

September 15

Workers at Arizona Theatre Company (ATC) voted 15-1 to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement with <b>IATSE</b> Local 415, the union announced on September 9. The nearly unanimously approved contract covers 1

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