Labor & Unions
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Film and TV Workers Hold ‘Block the Merger’ Rally at Warner Bros. Ahead of Shareholder Vote
Jane Fonda’s Committee for the First Amendment protests the WBD-Paramount merger at the New York headquarters as the list of entertainment industry signatories crosses 4,000
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Snap to Lay Off 1,000 Employees as CEO Evan Spiegel Notes ‘Rapid Advancements in Artificial Intelligence’
“As a result of these changes, we expect to reduce our annualized cost base by more than $500 million by the second half of 2026,” the Snapchat boss adds
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CBS News 24/7 Union Ratifies Contract With AI Guardrails
The 60-member union unanimously approved the three-year contract, securing AI protections and advance notice on layoffs
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Writers Guild Releases Tentative Agreement With AMPTP, Including $280 Million in Studio Health Plan Contributions
The guild’s negotiating committee also touted minimum increases for comedy-variety writers and an expansion of AI protections
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ProPublica Union Launches 24-Hour Walkout After AI Talks Stymie Contract Negotiations
Guild staffers at the nonprofit newsroom say management has refused to agree to restrictions on replacing jobs with AI, seniority clauses for potential layoffs and wage increases
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SAG-AFTRA to Resume Contract Talks With AMPTP in April
The actors’ union had previously negotiated with studios for five weeks before pausing to allow the Writers Guild to begin its talks
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Ben Shapiro Says ‘We Really Don’t Care’ About Union Strike on Jonathan Majors Film: ‘Just the Latest Attempt to Fight Us’
The conservative commentator, who is producing the film through The Daily Wire, claims the controversy is over the actor “making a comeback with us”
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WGA, AMPTP Make Tentative Agreement Official: ‘This Deal Protects Writers’ Health Plan’
Insiders tell TheWrap that negotiations between writers and studios were “way more productive” than in 2023
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WGA Reaches Tentative Deal With Studios and Streamers on 4-Year Contract
If ratified, the new deal will include a bolstered health plan
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Jonathan Majors’ Producer Dismisses On-Set Fall as ‘Shorter Than Failed Movie Careers’ of Union Reps Amid Crew Strike
Video shows Majors and co-star JC Kilcoyne falling through a loose window pane while filming the untitled Daily Wire-Bonfire Legend production
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Colorado Alamo Drafthouse Workers Strike Over ‘Disastrous’ Shift to Phone Orders During Movies
“This creates a worse experience for customers and makes our jobs harder,” one employee at the chain’s Sloans Lake location says
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SAG-AFTRA ‘Strongly Supports’ Trump’s AI Policy Framework, Says Members ‘Deserve Protection’
“Our members’ performances, voices and likenesses are not raw material to be used without consent,” a union spokesperson adds
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Writers Guild Staff Union Delivers ‘Strike-Ending’ Contract Proposal to WGA West
“Enough is enough. The time to enter a fair deal with your staff and reunite is now,” the WGSU say in a letter
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SAG-AFTRA Marketing and Comms Staffers to Unionize
The unionization effort comes as staffers at WGA West enter their second month on strike
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Noah Wyle Joins IATSE Chief in Push for Federal Film and TV Tax Credit: ‘An Investment in Our People’ | Video
“It’s really hard to shoot a TV show in L.A., and it’s really expensive. Prohibitively so,” the “Pitt” star says alongside Matthew Loeb, Jim Acosta, Jax Deluca and Sen. Adam Schiff
