Term of the Day: the Roundabout list

the Roundabout list--in the mid-1990s, the then-president of IATSE Tommy Short decided to force Local #1 to take in  new members, flexing his muscles. IATSE hired a former business agent from Local #1 to organize several small venues throughout the city that had little value to Local #1. This included the Roundabout, the non-profit theater company. At one point, about 50 people were on "the Roundabout list," to be forced on Local #1. At the end of the day, only about 30 people came in from the Roundabout.