Labor & Unions
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WGA Members Stage ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Picket as They Await News on Deal
Dozens of guild members held a weekend picket line at Television City
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WGA and Studio Talks to Continue on Saturday
Negotiations between the Writers Guild and AMPTP will resume after the Yom Kippur holiday
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Writers Have ‘Tempered’ Hopes With Studios Back at the Bargaining Table: ‘We’re Not Going to Take a Bad Deal’ (Video)
“There’s one group that can end this, it’s the AMPTP,” writer Alfredo Septien (“Stargirl”) tells TheWrap
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Meredith Stiehm Easily Reelected as WGA West President
The “Cold Case” creator is elected to another two-year term as the writers’ strike nears 150 days
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WGA Showrunners Meeting Canceled After Restart of Negotiations Set With Studios
Dan Fogelman, Sam Esmail and Kenya Barris were among the pending participants in the now-scuttled informational meeting with guild leadership
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WGA Confirms Constructive Talks With Individual Studios, Says AMPTP Stands in Way of a Deal
Writers Guild encourages companies who want a fair deal to “take control” or “make a deal separately”
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Hollywood Unions Push for Unemployment Insurance for Striking Workers: ‘Time for California to Catch Up’
“Every one of us on the picket line has put in the work to earn this benefit,” strike captain Kayla Westergard-Dobson said
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WGA Slams AMPTP After Proposal Released: Studios Met ‘Not to Bargain, but to Jam Us’
“It is their only strategy – to bet that we will turn on each other,” WGA says in memo to members after meeting with studio bosses Tuesday
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Why SAG-AFTRA Thinks Studios Won’t Acquire Interim Agreement Films During the Strike
Indie films approved to shoot during the strike must agree to the streaming revenue sharing terms that studios rejected
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SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements Now Exclude WGA-Covered Projects Made in the US
“We have been advised by the WGA that this modification will assist them in executing their strike strategy,” the negotiating committee says
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‘The Big Short’ Actor Jay Potter Dismisses Bob Iger’s Strike Pivot: ‘It’s Junk Words Until There’s Action’ (Video)
The Disney CEO, who previously called the unions’ demands “unrealistic,” told analysts on Wednesday that he’s “personally committed” to resolving things
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SAG-AFTRA to Support Bethenny Frankel’s Push for Reality Performer Protection
The actors guild says it is in contact with Frankel’s attorney and seeks to “engage in a new path to union coverage.”
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Striking Writers Sound Off on ‘Hot Labor Summer’: ‘Our Fight Is the Tip of the Iceberg’
“People are seeing our struggle and are identifying with it,” WGA negotiator Luvh Rakhe tells TheWrap
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SAG-AFTRA Says No More Picketing at Universal Until Studio Adds Concrete Barriers
Actors guild says Friday demonstration showed “we cannot safely picket” the area
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WGA and AMPTP Fail to Agree on Resumed Talks, Strike to Continue
In a letter to members, WGA accuses studios of leaking details about ‘confidential’ meet-up
