Labor & Unions
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Writers Guild Releases Tentative Agreement With AMPTP, Including $280 Million in Studio Health Plan Contributions
The guild’s negotiating committee also touted minimum increases for comedy-variety writers and an expansion of AI protections
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ProPublica Union Launches 24-Hour Walkout After AI Talks Stymie Contract Negotiations
Guild staffers at the nonprofit newsroom say management has refused to agree to restrictions on replacing jobs with AI, seniority clauses for potential layoffs and wage increases
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SAG-AFTRA to Resume Contract Talks With AMPTP in April
The actors’ union had previously negotiated with studios for five weeks before pausing to allow the Writers Guild to begin its talks
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Ben Shapiro Says ‘We Really Don’t Care’ About Union Strike on Jonathan Majors Film: ‘Just the Latest Attempt to Fight Us’
The conservative commentator, who is producing the film through The Daily Wire, claims the controversy is over the actor “making a comeback with us”
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WGA, AMPTP Make Tentative Agreement Official: ‘This Deal Protects Writers’ Health Plan’
Insiders tell TheWrap that negotiations between writers and studios were “way more productive” than in 2023
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WGA Reaches Tentative Deal With Studios and Streamers on 4-Year Contract
If ratified, the new deal will include a bolstered health plan
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Jonathan Majors’ Producer Dismisses On-Set Fall as ‘Shorter Than Failed Movie Careers’ of Union Reps Amid Crew Strike
Video shows Majors and co-star JC Kilcoyne falling through a loose window pane while filming the untitled Daily Wire-Bonfire Legend production
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Colorado Alamo Drafthouse Workers Strike Over ‘Disastrous’ Shift to Phone Orders During Movies
“This creates a worse experience for customers and makes our jobs harder,” one employee at the chain’s Sloans Lake location says
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SAG-AFTRA ‘Strongly Supports’ Trump’s AI Policy Framework, Says Members ‘Deserve Protection’
“Our members’ performances, voices and likenesses are not raw material to be used without consent,” a union spokesperson adds
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Writers Guild Staff Union Delivers ‘Strike-Ending’ Contract Proposal to WGA West
“Enough is enough. The time to enter a fair deal with your staff and reunite is now,” the WGSU say in a letter
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SAG-AFTRA Marketing and Comms Staffers to Unionize
The unionization effort comes as staffers at WGA West enter their second month on strike
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Noah Wyle Joins IATSE Chief in Push for Federal Film and TV Tax Credit: ‘An Investment in Our People’ | Video
“It’s really hard to shoot a TV show in L.A., and it’s really expensive. Prohibitively so,” the “Pitt” star says alongside Matthew Loeb, Jim Acosta, Jax Deluca and Sen. Adam Schiff
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ProPublica’s Unionized Staff Vote to Authorize Strike: ‘We Are Ready to Walk Off the Job’
“Our union stands united in supporting ProPublica Guild’s efforts to win a fair and just contract,” Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York, adds
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SAG-AFTRA Promotes Arianna Ozzanto to Dual CFO-COO Role as Part of Leadership Promotions
National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland says the internal moves come “at a critical moment in our industry”
