Labor
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DreamWorks Production Workers to Join Animation Guild
Eight production workers on the upcoming “Stranger Things” animated series will also unionize with the IATSE local
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More Hollywood Union Contract Talks Lie Ahead, and Strikes Are Not Off the Table
Like WGA and SAG-AFTRA, streaming and artificial intelligence are key issues for unions like IATSE and Teamsters 399
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CBS News Digital Unionizes With Writers Guild of America East
“When we work together to address these issues, we are stronger as employees and it will make for a better product and workplace,” the union writes to management
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Workers at Entertainment Site IGN Vote to Unionize
The newly formed IGN Creators Guild will consist of over 80 employees
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Snap to Lay Off 10% of Workforce Amid Industry Job Cuts
Cuts at Snapchat’s parent company come after layoffs across at Google, Microsoft and Amazon
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Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel Plan One-Day Strike With 5 Other Tribune Newsrooms
The walkouts set for Thursday will be the biggest collective action against Alden Global Capital since its 2021 purchase of Tribune Publishing
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‘Avatar’ VFX Artists to Unionize With IATSE After 75% Vote in Favor
The vote marks the first group of “vendor-side” VFX artists to join the crew workers’ union
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PayPal Begins Company-Wide Layoff of 2,500 Employees, or 9% of Workforce
The tech company is downsizing under newly appointed CEO Alex Chriss, who joined in September
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LA Times Names Terry Tang as Interim Top Editor Amid Newsroom Turmoil | Exclusive
The editorial page editor steps in for executive editor Kevin Merida, who resigned ahead of layoffs at the paper
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LA Times Guild Lambasts ‘Devastating’ Newsroom Layoffs: ‘It Did Not Have to Be This Way’
Blaming the paper’s billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong for the cuts, the Guild says, “This staffing cut is the fruit of years of middling strategy … and no clear direction”
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LA Times Staffers Lament Mass Layoffs: ‘Journalism Grim Reaper Has Arrived’
“Don’t waste any time mourning, organize!” one now-former employee posted on social media
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Los Angeles Times Lays Off 115 Journalists, Decimating Newsroom
Union leaders say the number is “far lower than the total number of Guild layoffs initially expected”
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Over 400 Condé Nast Employees to Stage 24-Hour Walkout Tuesday Amid Layoffs
A rally will be held outside the media company’s New York City headquarters in protest of bargaining practices the union says are unlawful
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LA Times Guild Urges Members to Attend This Week’s Bargaining Session: ‘We Are Not Letting Up’
“Management was clearly unnerved by our actions last Friday,” the union wrote Monday of the one-day walkout
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LA Times Managing Editors Shani Hilton, Sara Yasin Step Down During Layoff Negotiations
They follow the departure of executive editor Kevin Merida