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Cindy Ord / Getty Images Updated at 9:46 p.m. ET A union representing 800 backstage workers at New York s Metropolitan Opera began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute. The Met is the largest performing arts organization in the United States, employing close to 3,000 people, with an annual budget of over $300 million. When it shut down because of COVID last March, the company cited the force majeure provision of its agreements, and made the decision to furlough all its union artists and craftspeople. In the midst of the furloughs, contracts with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE which represents workers, from stagehands to box office personnel to make-up artists expired. The two sides met for several negotiating sessions, beginning last July. The Met offered IATSE members a weekly bridge payment of $1,527 during the pandemic, contingent on a 30

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