Labor & Unions
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Writers Worldwide Show Support for WGA Strike
Guild leaders spoke to members at the Disney lot as solidarity rallies were held in more than 30 countries
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WGA Strike Has Shut Down All On-Location Scripted TV Filming in LA
Film and television shoots are down 54% in Hollywood overall compared to last year, according to new data
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WGA East Cancels New York Picket Lines Due to Canadian Wildfire Smoke
The National Weather Service has issued an air quality warning to tri-state area residents
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Directors Guild Board Unanimously Approves Tentative New Contract With Studios
The proposed new agreement with AMPTP will now go to DGA members for a ratification vote
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WGA East Members Ratify New Contract With CBS News Streaming
The unit, formerly known as CBSN, became the first live-streaming news network to win a collective bargaining agreement in 2020
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SAG-AFTRA Says Directors Guild’s Deal With Studios Doesn’t Impact Its Upcoming Contract Talks
“Our bargaining strategy has never relied upon nor been dependent on the outcome or status of any other union’s negotiations,” says national executive director
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Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre Reschedule ‘Doggystyle’ 30th Anniversary Concerts in Solidarity With WGA Strike
The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper says the decision to push the dates from June to October is because “we stand in solidarity with the writers”
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52 New York Lawmakers Urge Studios to Resume Talks With Writers Guild
In open letters Friday, legislators call on studios to “listen to what their writers are telling them about the difficulties of maintaining their careers”
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SAG-AFTRA, WGA, IATSE and Teamsters Stand in Solidarity With DGA in Final Week of AMPTP Negotiations
“We believe in a Hollywood where every worker is valued and their contributions recognized, whether their labor is on or off screen,” the letter reads
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Barack Obama is ‘Very Supportive’ of WGA Strike, Hopes Writers Receive Their ‘Fair Share’
The former president says studios “wouldn’t be around if it weren’t for writers creating the stories that matter”
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Striking Writers Express Confusion Over WGA Shift in Social Media Promotion Policy
The Writers Guild of America says members are now allowed to post about their projects on their personal accounts
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‘Pay Your Writers!’: David Zaslav’s Boston University Commencement Speech Booed by WGA Picketers
The speech from the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO went on despite notification that the guild would picket the event
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Quinta Brunson Rallies WGA: ‘We’re Fighting for Something and We’re Not Gonna Leave Here With Nothing’
“If we keep staying strong, then we’re actually going to be able to make this end sooner and get the things that we’re fighting for,” the “Abbott Elementary” star says
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WGA East President Says Strike Has Larger Degree of Support Than 2007-08: ‘We’ve Got the Numbers’
“We’ve got the forces to make them know that we’re here and that we need a deal,” Michael Winship tells TheWrap
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WGA Lays Out Costs Per Studio of Their $343 Million Increase to Contract
Writers Guild says its proposed contract would cost Disney $75 million per year in additional costs, or less than 0.1% of its annual revenue
