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More IATSE Locals Reach Tentative Agreements With Studios on Craft-Specific Issues

Two more Locals of Hollywood’s major crew union have reached tentative agreements on their craft-specific issues with studios and streamers, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. IATSE Local 80 struck a provisional deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major Hollywood companies in bargaining, on Thursday night. Local 80 represents grips, […]

Journalists’ and Writers’ Unions Call on Congress to Consider Threats to Their Work in AI Legislation

Major unions representing U.S. journalists, writers and other creative professionals are calling on Congress to make these workers’ needs a “core priority” in any upcoming artificial intelligence legislation. Presidents of the Writers Guild of America East and West, The NewsGuild and the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians wrote to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) […]

IATSE Local 695 Reaches Tentative Deal With Studios on Craft-Specific Issues

Another IATSE Local says it has reached an agreement with studios and streamers on issues specific to its members. “Today, our Local’s Bargaining Committee sat down with representatives from the AMPTP and reached a tentative agreement in our Local negotiations,” IATSE Local 695 — which represents production sound crew members, video engineers and projectionists — told […]

Universal City AMC Workers Vote to Unionize With IATSE

Workers at the Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood have officially voted to unionize with IATSE. In an election that took place March 15 and 16, 37 employees voted in favor of joining the Hollywood crew union and six voted against, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Ushers, cooks, bartenders and all other non-management employees of […]

SAG-AFTRA Performers Ratify TV Animation Contracts

SAG-AFTRA members have ratified new three-year television animation contracts covering voice actors, the first to tackle the threat of artificial intelligence. In a ratification vote that ended on Friday, 95.52 percent of members voted to support the Television Animation Agreement and the Basic Cable Animation Agreement deal reached by union negotiators and 4.48 percent voted […]

IGN Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Layoffs

Nearly a month after the union was voluntarily recognized by management, the IGN Creators Guild has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the company, alleging bad-faith bargaining. The charge, filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, alleges IGN “has bargained in bad faith regarding layoffs and failed to provide requested information necessary […]

Several IATSE Locals Reach Tentative Agreements With Studios on Craft-Specific Issues

Several IATSE Locals — the International Cinematographers Guild, the Art Directors Guild and a union covering motion picture set painters and sign writers — have reached tentative agreements with studios and streamers on their craft-specific issues. IATSE’s largest Local, the International Cinematographers Guild, told members Wednesday night that it had struck a provisional deal. “Today […]

Condé Nast Plans More Layoffs, Files Charge Against Union as Staffers March to Executive Offices

The already tenuous relationship between Condé Nast and the union that represents around 550 of its staffers at Vanity Fair, Vogue and GQ, among other publications, appears to be hanging by a thread. On Wednesday afternoon, around 35 Condé Union members marched to executives’ offices to protest additional layoffs that they say were threatened during […]

Hollywood Pantages Ushers Reach Tentative Deal on First Labor Contract

After seven months of negotiations, ushers at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre have reached a tentative agreement on a first three-year labor contract with their employer. The Nederlander Organization-owned theater and union IATSE Local B-192 agreed to the provisional pact affecting over 70 ushers on Monday, March 11. The new agreement improves wages — ushers will […]

IATSE, Studios Set to Negotiate Craft-Specific Issues Next Week

After nearly a week of internal conversations on both sides, IATSE and Hollywood’s major studios and streamers will be resuming their ongoing negotiations on Monday by covering craft-specific issues. The International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) will be discussing its proposals with management at the headquarters of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers […]

Netflix Signs Deal With Writers’ Guild of Great Britain for Scripted Live-Action Series

Netflix U.K., the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) and the Personal Managers’ Association (PMA), which represents agents in the U.K., have signed a deal, unveiled on Tuesday. It covers “remuneration which will apply to U.K. writers on Netflix scripted live-action commissioned series,” they said. The deal is effective as of Feb. 1, 2024 and […]

Disney Hit With Class Action Lawsuit for Alleged Labor Violations at Hotels

Disney has been sued for allegedly underpaying maintenance workers at its Southern California hotels near its sprawling theme park, on top of a host of other alleged violations of labor laws. The lawsuit, filed in Orange County Superior Court on Thursday, claims workers were forced to pay for their own tools while not being paid […]