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Writers and Actors Scramble to Keep Their Health Insurance in a Post-Strike Hollywood
In April, actor Miki Yamashita says she received a health diagnosis that requires surgery to remove non-cancerous tumors. That’s when the performer, who has appeared on Cobra Kai and voiced a character on The Lion Guard, began the race to attempt to qualify for her union’s health insurance plan by June 30. If she earned […]
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IATSE and Studios Reach Tentative Agreement on Area Standards Contract
Entertainment’s top crew union struck a tentative deal with Hollywood’s studios and streamers for a contract covering 23 Locals on Thursday, just two days after their West Coast peers did the same. IATSE announced in a message to its members that a three-year successor deal to its Area Standards Agreement has been reached with the […]
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IATSE Reaches Tentative Agreement on Basic Agreement With Studios and Streamers
On Tuesday night, the crew union IATSE reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract covering 13 West Coast Locals with Hollywood’s top studios and streamers. Leaders of the 13 West Coast Locals, who collectively represent around 50,000 crewmembers, disclosed the news to members on Tuesday night. IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture […]
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SAG-AFTRA Health Plan to Cover Infertility Treatment Starting in 2025
The SAG-AFTRA Health Plan will soon add infertility treatment benefits to its coverage, its board of trustees stated on Saturday. The 40-member board — equally comprised of representatives for management and the performers’ union — unanimously approved the change, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Starting that year, plan participants and spouses who […]
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iHeartMedia Workers Vote to Ratify First Union Contract
More than two years after negotiations began, iHeartMedia workers represented by the Writers Guild of America East have ratified their first labor contract. Ninety-nine percent of the 100-member group voted to ratify the contract in a recent vote, while one percent voted against. The WGA East represents writers, producers, editors and other people who work […]
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Hollywood Basic Crafts Leaders Claim Studios Exhibiting “Lack of Urgency” in Ongoing Negotiations
In their latest update on ongoing negotiations with studios and streamers, leaders of the Hollywood Basic Crafts union coalition singled out an alleged “lack of urgency” on the employer side of the discussions. “At the conclusion of our scheduled dates for June, we want to make it clear that we are not interested in bargaining […]
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Apple TV Visual Effects Workers File to Unionize With IATSE
As it continues to press forward with its campaign to organize visual effects workers, IATSE has made a bid to represent a small group of these professionals who work on Apple television series. On Friday the union announced that it had submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board to represent 17 workers at […]
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Hollywood Basic Crafts Advocate Expanding California Film and Television Tax Credit Program as Negotiations Begin
The expansion of California’s film and television tax credit program was a major topic of conversation in the first week of negotiations between studios and streamers and the Hollywood Basic Crafts coalition, according to the unions. Per the Teamsters Local 399, which is a member of the labor group, a “common theme” of the week […]
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Hollywood Studios to Cover Drone Camera Crews Under Union Agreement
Following the results of an arbitration with Warner Bros., major film and television studios have agreed to cover drone camera crews under an IATSE union agreement. That’s according to camera professionals union the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600), which informed its members on Thursday morning that this change came as the result of the […]
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IATSE Labor Negotiations to Resume June 24
Labor negotiations covering tens of thousands of members of IATSE who work under two separate contracts are set to resume on June 24, the crew union announced on Monday. The union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have agreed to meet for four bargaining sessions between June 24 and 27, IATSE added […]
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“We’re Looking to Be More Aggressive”: Teamsters Leader Lindsay Dougherty Reveals Her Approach to 2024’s Negotiations
On Monday, the latest wave of crew members will enter contract negotiations with Hollywood studios and streamers. Following nearly three months of as-yet-unresolved IATSE negotiations, the Hollywood Basic Crafts coalition will begin targeted bargaining affecting drivers, location managers, electrical workers and other classifications. The group — which spans nearly 8,000 workers in the Teamsters Local […]
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IATSE to Set New Negotiations Dates As Latest Bargaining Period Ends Without Deal
IATSE and studios and streamers are set to add new negotiations dates to their Basic Agreement bargaining schedule once more. The top Hollywood crew union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers did not reach a deal over a new Basic Agreement within the three-day stretch of additional negotiations that ended around 1:30 […]
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