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The New Yorker Union Members Unanimously Authorize Strike Ahead of Festival
More than six months into negotiations over a second labor contract, the magazine's union is asserting that wage floors, layoff protections and guardrails on outside work remain major sticking points.
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Casting Directors Vote to Ratify New Three-Year Contract
Nearly 92 percent of the bargaining unit of around 700 casting professionals supported the deal, which established a first-ever TV minimum rate for casting directors.
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IMDb Launches SAG-AFTRA Verified Badges for Union Members
The online database has partnered with the labor group to feature labor group affiliation in performers' public and IMDb Pro profiles.
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Gavin Newsom Signs Union-Supported Bill Safeguarding Entertainment Loan-Out Companies
The move arrives after California's Employment Development Department audited the major industry payroll company Cast & Crew.
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Casting Directors Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract With Studios
The negotiating committee "fought until the bitter end" on the deal, according to one of the unions involved, the Teamsters Local 399.
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Gavin Newsom Signs Bills Protecting Compensation for Child Influencers
Former child star Demi Lovato joined the California governor on Thursday as he greenlit legislation that expands the Coogan Law and requires certain influencers to set aside trusts for minor performers.
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SAG-AFTRA Launches Bid to Organize Intimacy Coordinators
The union said on Wednesday that it had filed a petition for a representation election with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Casting Directors and Studios Are “Far Apart” in Contract Negotiations as Deadline Nears
The Teamsters Local 399 has stated that the two sides are still at odds over compensation proposals "for all classifications" before these workers' contract expires on Sept. 30.
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Writers Guild West Re-elects Strike-Era Incumbents to Board of Directors
The union's members also ratified the appointment of the 2023 work stoppage's chief negotiator, Ellen Stutzman, as executive director.
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SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against ‘League of Legends’
The union charges one of the multiplayer game's producers, Formosa Interactive, with attempting to work around its ongoing video game strike by hiring nonunion performers on a union game through a shell company.
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Casting Directors Say Their Pay Is Down. They’re Asking Studios for a Minimum Wage Rate
Professionals behind titles like ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘The Gilded Age’ argue that self-negotiating compensation is no longer benefiting the majority of their group: “It’s hard out there.”
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Animation Guild Sees “Significant Gaps” With Studios As Talks Keep Up This Week on Deal Terms
The union's current contract has been extended until Nov. 1 as the two parties attempt to come to terms. In the meantime, "progress has been made," says a union leader.
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