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‘Castlevania’ Studio Animation Workers Ratify First Union Contract
Animation workers at Texas’ Powerhouse Animation Studios have overwhelmingly voted to ratify their first union contract. Ninety-six percent of voting members at the Austin-based Castlevania producer supported the pact in a vote, the Animation Guild announced on Tuesday. The Hollywood Reporter has previously reported that the bargaining unit of more than 100 members includes both […]
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Writers Guild East Elects New Head of Broadcast and Re-Elects Online Media Leader to Governing Body
Writers Guild of America East members have re-elected Sara David as vice president of their online media division and appointed Beth Godvik as the new vice president of broadcast, cable and streaming news in their first council election since the union’s 2023 strike concluded. Godvik is taking over on the council for Kathy McGee, who […]
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Teamsters Decline to Endorse Any Presidential Candidate for First Time In Decades
For the first time since 1996, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is declining to make a U.S. presidential candidate endorsement. The 1.3 million-strong union announced the long-awaited decision from its general executive board on Wednesday. Alleging that both Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris had failed to make “serious commitments to our […]
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bills Regulating AI Performance Replicas Into Law
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two union-supported bills restricting the use of AI digital replicas of performers into law. In a symbolic move, the governor visited the Los Angeles headquarters of performers’ union SAG-AFTRA on Monday to officially greenlight the bills, AB 2602 and AB 1836, which were passed by the California state Senate […]
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Entry-Level Staffers Are Most Susceptible to Disruption by AI, Animation Guild Says
Days away from the resumption of contract negotiations that will help determine how animation firms can use generative artificial intelligence in the next few years, the Animation Guild has released a report detailing the threat that the technology poses to its members. “Critical Crossroads: The Impact of Generative AI and the Importance of Protecting the […]
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Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef and More Call on SAG-AFTRA Leaders to Protect Pro-Palestine Members From Being Blacklisted (Exclusive)
SAG-AFTRA members Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Susan Sarandon, Melissa Barrera and Cynthia Nixon are among the hundreds of union members calling on their organization’s leadership to keep people from being blacklisted for their views on Palestine. In a statement provided with an open letter from organization SAG-AFTRA and Sister Guild Members for Ceasefire, members claim […]
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AFL-CIO, Entertainment Unions Unveil Federal Priorities For Nonprofit Artists and Journalists (Exclusive)
The Department for Professional Employees, a trade department of AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the U.S., has put forward a slate of new federal policies it hopes can create more sustainable careers in the nonprofit arts and media sectors. The policies, which speak to concerns from nonprofit workers across 12 unions,including Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, […]
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The Hollywood Labor Chief Pay Chart: Top Union Leaders’ Compensation Revealed
2023 proved to a be a landmark year for Hollywood labor as actors and writers called a historic double strike in the name of reshaping a transforming industry. As that battle was waged over issues like AI and compensation in the streaming age, chief negotiators for the striking unions, as well as the directors’ union, […]
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Writers Guild Members Join Union Boycott of Beverly Hills Hotels
Around 40 Hollywood writers have joined a hotel union boycott of two Los Angeles hotels, the Cameo Beverly Hills by Hilton and the Beverly Hills Marriott. The Good Place creator Mike Schur, Emily in Paris writer and co-executive producer Grant Sloss, The Simpsons writer and executive producer Ian Maxtone-Graham and Abbott Elementary supervising producer and writer […]
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SAG-AFTRA Says 80 Video Games Signed to Deals During Strike Against Major Studios
As SAG-AFTRA’s video game strike continues, the union stated on Thursday that 80 games were signed to agreements with the labor group that will allow them to continue work with union performers during the labor dispute. By signing on to either SAG-AFTRA’s interim agreement or tiered-budget agreement, developers on these titles can employ SAG-AFTRA performers […]
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Brooke Shields on Fame, Fran Drescher and Why She Ran for Actors’ Equity President
Brooke Shields was elected president of Actors’ Equity in late May, and now heads the union of more than 51,000 actors and stage managers on Broadway and nationwide. It’s the first union role for the longtime actress, who is largely known for her on-screen roles, but has also appeared five times on Broadway. Now, a few […]
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Production Assistants Launch Ambitious Bid for Unionization With LiUNA
A veteran Hollywood union is backing an ambitious push to unionize film and television production assistants, a move that has the potential to reshape how many entry-level creatives break into the industry. The Hollywood branch of Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA), Local 724, is partnering with the grassroots group Production Assistants United to […]
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