
A dramatization: New York's infamous union rat prepares to devour actor Edwin Booth, one of the founders of the Players Club.Photo Illustration: Getty Images, John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery.
The agreement staved off a scheduled picket (with the rat) outside a Saturday-afternoon wedding at the Players Club. The celebration was to be catered by Elegant Affairs, the Long Island company whose non-union workers replaced the terminated union members in August. Turchiano said the signed agreement ends a six-month stalemate with the club. It also scraps the club's lawsuit filed in January protesting an arbiter's ruling in January. He attributed the agreement to "the picketing, the rat and the concern of dues paying members of the Players Club." —Mary Reinholz
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