Labor
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SAG-AFTRA Refutes the Idea of ‘AI Actors’ Like Tilly Norwood, Reminds Producers of Contractual Obligations
“It doesn’t solve any ‘problem’ — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry,” the Screen Actors Guild notes
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DGA Calls on Members to Report Censorship After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension
“We understand that these issues go beyond the suspension of one late night program,” the union states
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DreamWorks Animation Union Set to Add Remote Workers
The Animation Guild-affiliated union also ratifies a new contract for production workers
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WGA West Names Officers, Board Members After 2025 Elections
Vice President Travis Donnelly and Secretary-Treasurer Peter Murrieta will serve alongside incoming President Michele Mulroney
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Christopher Nolan Named DGA President
The Oscar-winning filmmaker takes over the guild from Lesli Linka Glatter
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Hollywood Teamsters Condemn Kimmel Shutdown as ‘Greed-Fueled Consolidation of Corporate Power’
“Corporations are selling out working families and our American freedoms to amass even greater wealth,” the union says
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‘Hazbin Hotel’ Studio SpindleHorse Among Latest Additions to IATSE’s Animation Union Wave
Production workers from Netflix Animation Studios and the Peacock series “Ted” have also voted to join The Animation Guild
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Sean Astin Elected SAG-AFTRA President
The longtime board and negotiating committee member follows in the footsteps of his mother and SAG president Patty Duke
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Lemonada Media Ratifies 3-Year WGA Contract Locking $70,000 Minimum Salary
Other highlights include annual pay increases and 12 weeks’ minimum severance
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Actors’ Equity President Brooke Shields Bluntly Calls for Improved Broadway Contracts: ‘They’re Busting Their Ass for You’
“Our stage managers don’t have swings. They get sick, they have to still come to work. It’s too much,” the actress says at a Times Square rally
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SAG-AFTRA Members Overwhelmingly Approve 2025 Broadcast TV Code
96.48% of voters ratified the new code covering live and recorded work across linear television
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LA Times Union to Hold First-Ever Strike Authorization Vote as Contract Talks Near 3rd Year
Since negotiations began in September 2022, the guild has seen layoffs impact approximately 200 Times staffers
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Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar Expelled From WGA for Writing on ‘The Sympathizer’ During Strike
Anthony Cipriano has also been suspended from the Writers Guild of America until May 2026 for breaking 2023 writers’ strike rules
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‘Midnight Rider’ Director Randall Miller Sues DGA to Overturn Lifetime Ban
The filmmaker served a year in prison after the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones while shooting on a train bridge
