Labor & Unions
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Why COVID-19 Safety Protocols Are Here to Stay on Hollywood Sets – For Now
“We know there’s been a more infectious variant spreading in California for months, and we don’t know if more are on the way,” one individual with knowledge says
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CBS Will Pay $3.4 Million in Residuals to Settle Dispute With Writers Guild Over Streaming
Network will pay residuals owed for TV shows added to the since-rebranded CBS All-Access streaming service
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Hollywood’s 4 Biggest Questions to Get Production Back to Normal
Unions and studios are still figuring out how to deal with COVID-19 variants and vaccines, as well as when all these safety measures might be lifted
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Do Hollywood Writers Still Need Agents After WGA’s Packaging Fee Victory?
Many writers are re-examining their relationship with their agents after 21-month standoff in which many relied on each other to find jobs
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Hollywood Unions Lobby for Tax Incentive to Promote Diverse Hiring in the Industry
AFL-CIO and Hollywood labor are also pushing for bills that protect bargaining to help reduce the wage gap
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WGA President Says Pandemic ‘Sped Up’ Packaging Fee Victory: ‘Agencies Aren’t Out of the Writer Business’
David Goodman also hints at how Hollywood writers’ relationship with their agents may shift after three-year battle
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Writers Guild Rejects WME’s Latest Franchise Agreement Offer
Negotiating committee says agency offer “substantially alters” the terms that CAA agreed to on affiliate production outlet ownership
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LA’s Live Theaters Find New Cash as Film Locations
“If a TV commercial wants to rent a theater, that’s a great source of revenue when you are shut down,” says Pasadena Playhouse leader Danny Feldman
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Why Hollywood Unions Aren’t Mourning Quibi’s Death
Quibi productions could use a loophole in guild contract rules involving minimum pay
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Writers Guild Seeks Critical Information From CAA, WME as Talks Continue
Divestment from affiliate production companies is the final hurdle to end the writer walkout from Hollywood’s biggest agencies
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CAA Signs Version of Franchise Agreement With Writers Guild, Approval Still Pending
WME remains last major agency holdout in dispute over packaging fees
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Hilary Swank Sues SAG-AFTRA Health Plan for Not Covering Ovarian Cyst Treatment
“This matter addresses the shockingly antiquated question of whether the sole purpose of a woman…is to procreate,” the lawsuit says
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Writers Guild Says It Has Hit Limit in Franchise Agreement Talks With CAA, WME
While the WGA has had cordial talks with the two agencies, it says it will not “give them a different and better deal because they waited”
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Time’s Up Urges SAG-AFTRA Members to Vote Against Proposed Studio Contract
Hollywood’s anti-sexual harassment organization says the contract does not do enough to protect actors in intimate scenes
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IATSE Voices Support for House Democrats’ HEROES Act
Entertainment workers union says bill addresses “many legislative priorities”
