Labor
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WGA East Accuses Crooked Media of Union Busting Amid Contract Negotiations
“It’s a shame when a progressive company like Crooked Media fails to live up to its own values,” guild president Lisa Takeuchi Cullen says
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Hollywood Basic Crafts and Studios Reach Tentative New Deal to Avert Strike
The news comes three days before the July 31 deadline
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Basic Crafts Receive ‘Last, Best and Final Offer’ as Contract Expiration Approaches
The Teamsters negotiating committee responded Friday with a counter that they urge the studios to give “good faith consideration”
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SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors Explain Why Video Game Talks Broke Down as Strike Gets Underway
Comic-Con: “There are as many AI loopholes… as there are characters that a person has played,” Sarah Elmaleh, chair of the guild’s interactive media negotiating committee said
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A Development Executive Wrestles With How TV’s New Normal Is Crushing the Job Market
Holding on in Hollywood, a Wrap Series: Erin Copen Howard, svp for development, unscripted TV
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SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike Continues AI Fight for ‘Consent and Compensation’
Guild’s negotiating committee says top video game companies would not agree to AI terms similar to those studios agreed to
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SAG-AFTRA Video Game Performers Go on Strike After Contract Talks Stall on AI
Voice and motion-capture performers authorized a strike in September 2023
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Hollywood Workers Grapple for a Foothold in an Industry at a Crossroads
A Wrap series: Entertainment jobs are becoming tougher to hang on to, leaving veterans to ponder new career paths as their personal struggles deepen
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Basic Crafts to Resume Studio Contract Talks Wednesday
Other Hollywood unions call in solidarity on studios to “respect their workforce and make meaningful moves”
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Basic Crafts Extends Studio Contract Talks ‘As Many Days as Necessary’ — but Not Beyond July 31
“We look forward to continuing to educate the Companies on the important work our members do for their productions,” union leaders write
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IATSE Members Ratify Contract With All Locals in Favor
85% of overall votes were in favor of approving the Hollywood Basic Agreement
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LA On-Location Filming Drops 12% From Last Year Due to Declining Content Spend, ‘Post-Strike Paralysis’
A 56% drop in reality TV shoots is the biggest factor behind the industry-wide drop in production, according to the latest FilmLA report
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Good Deed: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Casting Notice Aims to Help Actors Qualify for Health Insurance
After a viral casting notice, TheWrap has details about how the late night talk show is helping up-and-coming SAG actors
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These IATSE Artists Are Voting ‘No’ on Their Next Contract, and AI Is to Blame
“At least the writers have the ability to refuse AI systems. We as designers don’t have that,” one union member says
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Teamsters and Basic Crafts ‘Remain Far Apart’ From Studios ‘on Our Core Priorities’ Ahead of Final Week of Talks
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien will participate in a call to Motion Picture Division members on Sunday