AICE

The Association of International Comedy Educators represents the faculty and facilitators of The Second City in Toronto, Chicago, and Hollywood.

[AICE @AICEunion]

On 1/20/24, #Chicago ratified a 3-year contract with #SecondCity leadership. After 2 full years of bargaining, this chapter is finally closed.
This would not have happened without the support of our students, peers, and the general public. THANK YOU. Unions work.
@iftaft #improv

[AICE @AICEunion]

...Paid prep time, increased protection for intellectual property, succession clause guaranteeing the contract if ZMC sells our company, Span of Day definitions & Content Flexibility Guarantees for facilitators, explicit permissions for outside work, and DEI commitments.
@iftaft

[AICE @AICEunion]

While this is only a first step, there is still much to highlight: immediate pay increase for most faculty/music directors, increases for SecondCityWorks facilitators, backpay for 2023, bonuses tied to enrollment, guaranteed increases for years 2 & 3 of the contract...
@iftaft

[AICE @AICEunion]

On 1/20/24, #Chicago ratified a 3-year contract with #SecondCity leadership. After 2 full years of bargaining, this chapter is finally closed.
This would not have happened without the support of our students, peers, and the general public. THANK YOU. Unions work.
@iftaft #improv

[Chicago Federation of Labor @chicagolabor]

Congrats on the hard-fought TA @AICEunion!!

When we fight, WE WIN! #UnionStrong

[Department for Professional Employees @DPEaflcio]

Congrats to teachers at the Second City Training Center in Chicago who are members of @AICEunion on their TA for a new union contract. https://t.co/uC7Sg3uTty

[Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚 @rweingarten]

The work @AICEunion has done to get a first contract is amazing. Glad to be with the members tonight in Chicago to celebrate their victory.

[AICE @AICEunion]

AICE members still need to vote on and ratify the contract, the process of which will be organized very soon, but for now the #strike is officially suspended!

Unions work.

#improv #improvisation #sketch #comedy #chicago #toronto #hollywood #newyorkcity @iftaft

[AICE @AICEunion]

This is because of YOU!
After a marathon 11-hour (and 11th-hour) bargaining session with #TheSecondCity leadership, we have an agreement!
We appreciate SC leadership returning to the table, and seeing this through. And it would not have happened without the support of our allies!

[IL Federation of Teachers @iftaft]

“We’re 95% of the way there. They just have to meet to work out the 5 percent, and there’s some big gaps in the outstanding issues,” @AICEunion member Corey Bradberry said.
Second City teachers set deadline for strike that could halt shows there https://t.co/1uwthwKG0e

[IL Federation of Teachers @iftaft]

Show your support for @AICEunion members who will be on strike next week if management refuses to bargain further. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
Here’s how ⬇️

[AICE @AICEunion]

This is why it’s taken over 700 days to get here. This is why we’re going on strike: #TheSecondCity leadership refuses to acknowledge reality. Why? Is it because their job is to report profits to the private equity board, and people aren’t considered profits?
@iftaft

[AICE @AICEunion]

#SC CEO Ed Wells is fibbing in the press: “31% raise over the agreement’s 3-year term”, when he should say “31% more pay, from a substandard rate, over NINE years: 3 years of the contract plus 6 years of frozen teacher pay since 2018.” Takes the shine off the rose, doesn’t it?

[AICE @AICEunion]

Until we have a fair first contract in hand, we’re on strike in 4 days at 12:01am on Tues, Jan 16.

#improv #improvisation #sketch #comedy #chicago #toronto #hollywood #newyorkcity @iftaft

[AICE @AICEunion]

2) Give us a like comment or share!
3) Join us on the picket line starting Jan 16 (more on that soon)
#improv #improvisation #secondcity #sketch #comedy #chicago #newyorkcity #toronto #hollywood @iftaft

[AICE @AICEunion]

We need your support! We go on strike at 12:01am on Tues Jan 16 if we don’t have an agreed upon fair first contract in hand. But you can help!
#improv #improvisation #secondcity #sketch #comedy #chicago #newyorkcity #toronto #hollywood @iftaft

[AICE @AICEunion]

1) Contact #TheSecondCity directly and actually say or write the words “I support AICE Union members and their demands for a fair first contract.”
#improv #improvisation #secondcity #sketch #comedy #chicago #newyorkcity #toronto #hollywood @iftaft

[Chicago Federation of Labor @chicagolabor]

Here’s how you can help:

(More info at https://t.co/IBIPacEHnr)

[Chicago Federation of Labor @chicagolabor]

Case you haven’t heard, @AICEunion ain’t messing around at Second City.

[AICE @AICEunion]

6 days until we go on strike at #TheSecondCity #Chicago.

SC leadership should return to the bargaining table, and agree to a fair first contract.

An FAQ page is available at https://t.co/nuZlMAN6yP. You can submit your strike-related questions and read our answers.

@iftaft

[AICE @AICEunion]

The countdown has begun. This strike is easily avoidable, and has been easily avoidable for over 700 days. It's never too late to do the right thing, Upper Management.
@iftaft #CorporateGreed #WorkersRights #Chicago #Toronto #NewYork #TheSecondCity
https://t.co/3bqgqJunyS