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IATSE president Matthew Loeb notified President Joe Biden today that his union's members stand ready to help build vaccination sites across the country, or to convert existing entertainment venues and convention centers into vaccination sites in order to get shots into the arms of Americans as rapidly as possible. The…

More than 30 unpaid crewmembers on the indie film Please Give Me You have filed wage claims with the California Labor Commissioner's office after the production was shut down last month when its financing fell through following a Covid-19 scare on the set. The film, written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour and which…

Refresh for updates… Hollywood’s unions are celebrating today’s inauguration of a new, pro-labor president and vice president. SAG-AFTRA, which is in the process of expelling Donald Trump after its national board found "probable cause" that he violated the union's constitution, tweeted out, "Congratulations to Joe Bide…

Actors' Equity has condemned President Donald Trump's "outrageous" proposal to freeze $110 million in the 2021 budget for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The proposed freeze is part of the $27.4 billion in government programs Trump is trying to stall in his last days…

Actors struggling with the career and personal effects of the coronavirus pandemic got some practical advice and sound wisdom from actor Amir Talai and a group of talent agents, experts and SAG-AFTRA insiders who gathered Wednesday night for an online forum called "Our Industry and the Covid Surge." "The majority of…

Editors note: It’s been 10 months since live entertainment went dark at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and it may be another 10 months before live venues can safely reopen. Participating in a virtual conference held Saturday by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that by…

Actors' Equity has temporarily paused its consideration of safety plans for live theater productions in California as the state battles unprecedented infection rates of Covid-19. The union, which represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers nationwide, noted that there are currently no…

The American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund again has applied to the U.S. Treasury Department for permission to reduce benefits for nearly half of its 51,521 participants. The Plan is currently in "critical and declining" status, and is projected to run out of money to pay benefits within 20…

UPDATED with more statements: A growing chorus of entertainment industry union leaders is condemning Wednesday's attack on the Capitol building by supporters of President Donald Trump – and the politicians who incited the violence. "It took three years, 50 weeks and four dead at the Capitol for far too few Republicans…

Stephanie O'Keefe has been elected president of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47, becoming the first woman president in the union's 123-year history. John Acosta, who served three two-year terms as president, did not seek re-election. In the local's other elections, Danita Ng-Poss has been elected…

Marjo Bernay, the trailblazing labor leader and feminist activist who once led three Los Angeles-based IATSE locals and served on the board of another, died Sunday of heart disease. She was 79. During her more than 40 years in the labor movement, she was the business agent of Illustrators & Matte Artists Local 790…

An unprecedented surge in coronavirus infections and deaths in Los Angeles County has prompted numerous TV shows to delay their return to production following the holiday hiatus. The studios are responding to an appeal by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which urged the film and TV industry to…