Labor
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Teamsters Ratify 3-Year Studio Contract for Casting Professionals, Setting First-Ever Weekly Minimum Rate
The contract, which includes casting assistants for the first time, was accepted with a resounding 91.9% vote
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Casting Directors Reach Tentative Studio Agreement With Unanimous Negotiating Committee Support
Teamsters Local 399 and 817 announced the news Friday, saying they “fought until the bitter end”
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SAG-AFTRA Moves to Unionize Intimacy Coordinators
“Intimacy coordinators have our backs on set and now it’s our turn to have theirs,” union president Fran Drescher says as the actors’ guild files a petition with the NLRB
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As Productions Move Abroad, California Gears Up to Battle Film and TV Exodus
Hollywood prepares for a major push to expand the Golden State’s tax credit program in 2025
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League of Legends Added to SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike
The guild accuses voice acting post-production studio Formosa Interactive of trying to hire non-union performers for a separate title
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Gaming
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Gavin Newsom Signs AI Bills to Protect Actors’ Digital Likeness
SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher backed the new protections
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80 Video Games Have Signed SAG-AFTRA’s Interim Strike Agreement on AI, Union Says
Companies behind titles like “Last Sentinel” have agreed to terms around artificial intelligence that major studios balked on
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WGA East Members at Vox’s Thrillist, The Dodo Mount One-Day Strike Wednesday
The group says their parent company is ignoring “the will of its employees” by refusing to recognize them as members of the Vox Media Union
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Video Games on Strike: From One Conference Panel, a Wave of Unions Has Risen
From SAG-AFTRA strikes to a “World of Warcraft” union, years of organizing in gaming are starting to bear fruit
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California Senate Passes AI Protection Bill Endorsed by SAG-AFTRA
The amended bill now returns to the California Assembly for final passage before heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk
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Disney Fined $36,000 in Death of ‘Wonder Man’ Crew Member
His family’s lawsuit against Radford Studios says it should have known the catwalk the lighting technician fell from was ” in desperate need of repair”
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Hollywood Unions Voice Support for Teamster Casting Ahead of AMPTP Negotiations
The contract talks begin on Monday
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Animation Guild Ends First Week of Labor Contract Talks, Will Continue in September
IATSE local says it remains far apart from AMPTP in several key issues and are holding out for studios’ “substantive responses”
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Grassroot Organizers in Hollywood Lend Voices to Pro-Palestine Movement
SAG-AFTRA and Sister Guild Members for Ceasefire traces its origins to last year’s strike
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The Hollywood Reporter Lays Off 4 Staffers, Including Executive Managing Editor Sudie Redmond
These are the latest in a series of layoffs that have seen multiple editors exit in the past two months
