The Great White Way will surely go dark if a deal isn’t struck between Broadway producers and another one of its most important labor unions.

American Federation of Musicians Local 802 , the union that represents 1,200 musicians on Broadway, announced on Monday that its members voted to authorize a strike amid ongoing negotiations with The Broadway League for a new standard contract.

The group is the latest group of live New York City-based theater workers to authorize a strike action in an effort to complete a deal for improvements to wages, healthcare coverage and job and wage security.

The union said it has been working on Broadway without a contract since Aug. 31. Their demands were detailed Oct. 1 in an open letter to the Broadway League, the trade organization of 700 producers,

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