Labor
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Hollywood Unions Push for Unemployment Insurance for Striking Workers: ‘Time for California to Catch Up’
“Every one of us on the picket line has put in the work to earn this benefit,” strike captain Kayla Westergard-Dobson said
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Fran Drescher to Studio CEOs: ‘Do Not Plead Poverty to Me, Just Make a Good Deal’
SAG-AFTRA president says “insatiable appetite for money” at studios contributed to strike in new interview
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Aaron Paul Says He Doesn’t Make Any Money From ‘Breaking Bad’ on Netflix (Video)
“And that’s just one of the things that we’re fighting for,” the actor says
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Bill Maher Ribs WGA Over Some of Its ‘Kooky’ Demands: No One Is ‘Owed a Living as a Writer’ (Video)
“This is show business, this is the make-or-miss league,” Maher says
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WGA Encourages Strike Silver Lining in Labor Day Message: ‘We Have Never Been the Companies’ Enemies’ (Video)
Negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser says the union does not “begrudge the companies their success or deny their struggles” and that “we all must succeed together”
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IATSE Workers Show Strike Solidarity – but Worry About Their Own Labor Fight Ahead
Blowing through financial reserves, below-the-line union members are concerned about their leverage in upcoming contract talks
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Hollywood Loses 17,000 Jobs in August Amid Double Strike
The disclosure was revealed in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest employment report released Friday
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Writers on MTV Viral Clip Series ‘Ridiculousness’ File to Unionize
They wouldn’t be the first nonfiction writers to join the WGA
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Directors Guild Foundation Donates $100,000 to Strike Support Fund
“Our film crews are our work family. We need to help everyone who’s suffering,” chairman Todd Holland says
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Majority of Americans Support Striking Unions Over Studios, New Gallup Poll Finds
More than two-thirds of those surveyed said they support writers and actors on strike
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Major Media Companies Including Disney, NY Times and CNN Are Quietly Blocking ChatGPT
The companies are trying to prevent the software referred to as artificial intelligence from scraping their content
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IATSE’s Burbank Offices Closed After Receiving Threat Related to Strike
Burbank police are investigating the matter
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SAG-AFTRA Encourages Members to Attend Fall Festivals to Promote Interim Agreement Films
“This is what solidarity looks like,” national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland says
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WGA: Studios’ Contract Offer Is ‘Neither Nothing, Nor Nearly Enough’
The writers guild offers more details on their position in ongoing negotiations with AMPTP
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WGA Members Trash Studios’ Release of Contract Proposal: ‘The Word That Comes to Mind Is Desperate’
“All this does is make me wonder if there’s been no progress since Aug. 11,” one writer tells TheWrap
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