Labor & Unions
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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
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‘Pay the Writers You AI-Holes!’ How an Instagram Joke Became a Plane Message Over Hollywood’s Studios
Within two days, TV director Jacob Reed got enough money from Hollywood workers to fly a message of support to writers on strike
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WGA Pledges to Picket David Zaslav’s Boston University Commencement Speech
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO is slated to address the school’s graduating class on May 21
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J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Adam McKay Lead Donations for $1.7 Million Strike Relief Fund
Greg Berlanti and Ryan Murphy are also among the high-profile writers to provide gifts for industry workers in financial need
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Hollywood Writers to Mix Strike With Romance at Picket Line Singles Event
Matchmakers Jaydi Samuels Kuba and Lauren Rosenberg will co-host the event outside the Universal Studios lot
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Directors Guild Committee Warns of ‘Conflict’ as Studio Contract Talks Begin: ‘Battle Will Test Us’
For first time since 2008, DGA will negotiate with AMPTP while writers strike
