Labor & Unions
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SAG-AFTRA Outlines Remaining Sticking Points Over AI in Video Game Contract
Actors’ guild rejects video game companies’ proposal to make buyout offers for digital replicas and wants protections against their use during a strike
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Entertainment Unions ‘Prepared to Fight Back’ Against Trump-Ordered Elimination of NEA, NEH and CPB
Shutting down these nonprofits “would be a radical action that would harm everyday people,” says the Arts, Entertainment and Media Industries coalition
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Writers Guild Voluntarily Recognizes Staff Union
A bargaining unit of more than 110 guild employees will soon begin negotiations on their first union contract
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John Lindley Re-Elected as Cinematographers Guild President
The “Pleasantville” DP previously served as ICG president from 2020 to 2022
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‘Stay in LA’ Campaign to Hold First In-Person Rally Next Month
The grassroots Hollywood org is pushing for studios to bring productions back to Los Angeles with an April demonstration in Sun Valley
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DGA Reappoints Negotiating Committee Chairs Jon Avnet and Karen Gaviola for 2026
The move comes ahead of next year’s contract talks
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AMPTP Names Greg Hessinger as New President
The veteran lawyer and former AFTRA leader replaces the retiring Carol Lombardini
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Video Game Workers Launch Union in Partnership With Communications Workers of America
United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433 comes after the gaming industry lost over 10,500 jobs in 2023 and an additional 14,600 in 2024
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SAG-AFTRA Says Video Game Talks Still Stuck on AI, Two Sides Remain ‘Frustratingly Far Apart’
The union has been on strike against several major video game developers since July
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Alamo Drafthouse Staffers in Colorado and New York Strike Over ‘Unjust’ Layoffs, Sony’s ‘Corporate Betrayal’
The theatrical chain’s three unionized locations at Sloans Lake, lower Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn went on strike Friday
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Alamo Drafthouse Workers Fight Layoffs With Threat of Striking: ‘This Is a Community Space’
Workers at the Sloans Lake location in Colorado authorized a strike this week, joining Alamo theaters in Manhattan and Brooklyn in pushing back against cuts
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Vox Media Union Demands Recognition for PS (Pop Sugar)
The company’s WGA members begin negotiations on their third collective bargaining agreement, as Pop Sugar remains the only non-union website in the portfolio
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The Athletic Staff Seeks to Join New York Times Union
Organizers at the sports publication sent a letter to NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger calling for voluntary recognition
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Animation Guild Ratifies New Contract With Studios and Streamers, Increasing Protections From AI
The deal, which also covers wage increases, was accepted by 76.1 percent of voting members
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Amazon Workers Launch 7-Facility Strike Over New Labor Contract
“If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed,” Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien says
