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Remaining West Coast IATSE Locals Reach Craft-Specific Tentative Agreements With Studios
All West Coast IATSE Locals have now reached tentative agreements with studios and streamers on their craft-specific issues. The remaining two Locals of the crew union that had yet to cement provisional agreements, the propmakers’ and set decorators’ union Local 44 and the studios teachers’ union Local 884, reached their deals on Thursday and the […]
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Writers Guild of Canada Overwhelmingly Votes to Authorize Strike Over AI, Fair Pay
Canadian writers appear ready to strike as they hold contract talks with the country’s indie film and television producers. The Writers Guild of Canada revealed 96.5 percent of eligible members voted to authorize a strike if a new deal with the Canadian Media Producers Association cannot be reached. “This strike authorization vote, a first in […]
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Podcast Workers File Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against iHeartMedia
Two years into negotiations over their first union contract, podcast workers at iHeartMedia have filed an unfair labor practice charge against management over alleged intimidation and encroachment on staffers’ rights to discuss their working conditions and share union literature during break periods. The charge, filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, claims that […]
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Accident on Set of Amazon MGM Studios Film Injures Multiple Crewmembers in Atlanta
An accident on the set of an upcoming heist film starring Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer has injured several crewmembers, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The incident happened on the set of Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming film The Pickup, which is shooting in Atlanta, on Saturday. Per an Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson, the accident occurred […]
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Sesame Workshop Averts Strike: Tentative Deal Struck With Writers
The Sesame Workshop has averted a picket line outside its New York headquarters, as a new contract deal with its unionized writers was reached on Friday night. Sesame Workshop announced the five-year agreement hours before the educational nonprofit’s current labor contract with its writers expired. “We value our writers and their significant contributions to the […]
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IATSE Local 705 Reaches Tentative Agreement on Craft-Specific Issues With Studios
The union representing West Coast costumers has reached a tentative agreement on its craft-specific issues with studios and streamers. IATSE Local 705 struck a provisional deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Wednesday, the crew union IATSE announced Friday. Like with other recent IATSE Local tentative deals, the details of the […]
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Tatiana Maslany Says She Was “So Heated Up” When She Called Bob Iger “Out of Touch” on Picket Line
Tatiana Maslany opened up about calling Bob Iger “out of touch” during the actors and writers strikes. In a conversation with The Independent, the She-Hulk star explained how she was feeling when The Hollywood Reporter asked her on the strike picket line what she thought about the Disney CEO saying that unions’ demands during the […]
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Disneyland Character Workers File for a Union Election With the NLRB
The workers who play characters like Goofy and Mickey Mouse and cheer and dance at parades at Disneyland have taken a step forward in their push to unionize with Actors’ Equity. The group of organizers, which is seeking to represent 1,700 employees, filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, […]
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Sesame Workshop Writers Authorize Potential Strike
Unionized writers at Sesame Workshop have unanimously voted to authorize a potential strike as their negotiations over a new labor contract continue. Thirty-five workers at the nonprofit organization that produces Sesame Street have greenlit a potential work stoppage to begin on April 24 if a new contract deal isn’t reached by its current expiration date, […]
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Online Audition Platform Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Pay-to-Play Tactics
Talent listing service Casting Networks is facing a proposed class action lawsuit accusing it of exploiting actors by charging them for opportunities to audition for roles. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, claims the pay-for-play model violates a California law aimed at protecting performers from predatory practices in Hollywood by prohibiting […]
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Writers Guild Spoofs Studios’ Top Labor Negotiator at Awards Ceremony: “See You on the Picket Line in 2026”
The Writers Guild of America resurfaced its 2023 strike in a comedy bit that unfurled at the union’s Los Angeles awards ceremony Sunday night. More than half a year after the union ended its 148-day strike, the union spoofed the top negotiator representing studios and streamers during those talks, Carol Lombardini, in a raunchy and […]
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Additional IATSE Locals Reach Tentative Deals on Craft-Specific Issues
Two more IATSE Locals — covering set lighting professionals and costume designers — have reached tentative agreements on craft-specific issues with Hollywood’s top studios and streamers. IATSE Local 728, whose members include lighting programmers and chief rigging technicians, reached a provisional deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Thursday, IATSE announced […]
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