New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (NYGASP) Rulebook ... - Actors

5. BINDING EFFECT OF AGREEMENT.All contracts of employment signed pursuant to this Agreement are binding notonly upon the signers on the face thereof, but upon any and all corporations, copartnerships,enterprises and/or groups which said signers or each of them directs,controls or is interested in, and are hereby agreed to be adopted as their contractby each of them.6. BLACKLISTING.The Producer and Equity pledge themselves to prevent blacklisting in the theatre.Opposition to blacklisting is not a controversial issue between the Producer andEquity.(A) Blacklisting for the purposes of this Rule shall mean the submission by theProducer, directly or indirectly, to individual or group pressure, and/or the useof private lists, published or unpublished, of persons not to be employed intheatrical productions for reasons having no direct relation to their theatricalability.(B) To that end, Equity and the Producer shall jointly investigate and deal with allcomplaints of blacklisting in the theatre, and take any and all lawful means tocorrect, remedy, and actively resist each and every instance of blacklisting, asand when it arises.7. BREACHES BY PRODUCER.(A) In addition to any other remedies available herein, each Actor affected hereinshall receive up to two weeks’ salary as liquidated damages, no present basisof calculation existing, should the Producer:(1) Breach an individual contract of employment, or any part thereof;(2) Breach or fail to abide by or conform to any rule which is a part of theemployment contract of any Actor;(3) Make any false statement in connection with any employment agreementor regarding security;(4) Employ or have employed any member of Equity under any form ofcontract other than a Standard Form;(5) Be in default as to any employment contract with any Actor, or breachany such employment contract, past or present;(6) In the future, breach any such employment contract;(7) Employ or continue to employ any Actor who is not a fully paid-upmember in good standing of Equity (see Rule 63, UNION SECURITY);(8) Fail to give or deposit security at the time and in the form and amountrequired by Equity;(9) Otherwise breach or fail to live up to any contract of employment orEquity Rule.4