Equity (formerly known as the British Actors' Equity Association) is the trade union for actors, stage managers and models in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1930 by a group of West End performers.
Equity was the last of the closed shop unions in the UK. This was criticised in 1981 and made illegal in 1988 - it is now no longer a requirement that a professional actor be a member of Equity.
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