PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - A union representing theatrical stage employees is calling off any planned pickets or protests outside the country music festival Tailgate N’ Tallboys after the two reached an agreement.

Last month, the local International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees chapters for both Bloomington and Davenport, Iowa, condemned the festival for not hiring union employees.

Under the deal, Tailgate N’ Tallboys will recognize IATSE Local 85, the Davenport chapter, and Local 193, the Bloomington chapter, as exclusive bargaining representatives for festival workers in subsequent years.

IATSE Communications Strategist Steven Chaussee also said Tailgate N’ Tallboys will “bargain in good faith with the local unions over the terms and conditions for local union workers in futu

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