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How Hollywood’s Guilds Are Preparing for the Dangers – and Benefits – of AI
“We believe that if done right, AI can expand opportunities rather than take them away,” SAG-AFTRA’s executive director tells TheWrap
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Editors Ratify New Labor Contract, Averting Strike
The team that edits the comedy show’s pre-recorded sketches will head back to work on April 1 with its first-ever bargaining agreement
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Hollywood’s Labor Talks Begin With the Future of Streaming at Stake
Amid a Wall Street squeeze on studios, guilds are forming a united front on demanding major changes to pay scales for digital releases
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Strike Averted, Editors Reach Tentative Agreement With NBC
The strike was set to go into effect on April 1
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Writers Guild: Hollywood ‘Remains Highly Profitable’ Despite Wall Street Woes
Ahead of contract talks, WGA declares that its members’ work “has tremendous value” and that they will “ensure that success is shared”
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Disney Animation Workers to Hold Unionization Vote After Studio Refuses Voluntary Recognition
The Animation Guild continues its campaign to unionize production workers at major studios
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Writers Guild Members Approve Pattern of Demands by Overwhelming 98.4% Margin
Stage now set for contract talks with AMPTP starting March 20
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WGA Exec Director David Young Goes on Medical Leave
Assistant executive director Ellen Stutzman was named chief negotiator for upcoming AMPTP talks
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Writers Guild Presents Pattern of Demands for Studio Contract to Members for Approval
WGA members will have until March 7 to vote
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HuffPost Union Unanimously Ratifies New Contract
Minimum starting salary for HuffPost and Buzzfeed will rise to $66,625, highest for any online media site unionized by WGA East
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HuffPost Union Members to BuzzFeed Management: ‘We Are Prepared to Strike’
The 91-member union is seeking competitive compensation, annual wage increase, continued COVID-19 protocols and better benefits
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Nickelodeon Animation Voluntarily Recognizes Production Workers Union With Animation Guild
177 production workers at the studio will now become members of IATSE Local 839
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New York Times Staff Begin 24-Hour Strike in First Work Stoppage Since the 1970s
The paper’s union employees have been working without a new contract for nearly 2 years
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New Wordle Hurdle: New York Times Guild Asks Readers Not to ‘Cross the Digital Picket Line’ on Thursday
The news guild is poised to walk out on Thursday and is asking Wordle players to “stand with us”
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Nickelodeon Production Workers Unionize With Animation Guild
A majority of the 177 workers have voted to join IATSE Local 839