Labor
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Writers Guild Rejects WME’s Latest Franchise Agreement Offer
Negotiating committee says agency offer “substantially alters” the terms that CAA agreed to on affiliate production outlet ownership
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WME Sends Writers Guild New Proposal in Effort to End Packaging Fee Dispute
Agency says they are willing to work “over the holidays … in order to reach a resolution”
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CAA and Writers Guild Sign Deal to End Standoff Over Packaging
New franchise agreement would let CAA resume representing writers after agency agrees to divest part of its stake in affiliate production studio Wiip
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SAG-AFTRA National Board Condemns ‘Misinformation’ About Health Plan
Guild president Gabrielle Carteris responds to groups protesting against latest health plan changes, claiming they are “endangering our most vulnerable members.”
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Ed Asner Leads Group of SAG-AFTRA Members in Lawsuit Against Health Plan Changes
Class action suit accuses health plan of violating retiree labor laws by changing earnings requirements
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Top WGA West Exec ‘Repeatedly Threatened to Kill Me,’ WME Partner Rick Rosen Says
Rosen accused WGA West’s David Young in agency’s injunction request to end packaging fee boycott
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CAA Asks Judge to Force End to Writers Guild Boycott as Talks Stall
Agency files injunction request to Judge Andre Birotte, who dismissed key charges in the WGA’s lawsuit against them earlier this year
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Mel Boudrot, Former President of SAG’s New York Branch, Dies at 87
Commercial voice actor spent more than two decades involved in the Screen Actors Guild and SAG-AFTRA
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Tensions Simmer Over SAG-AFTRA Health Care Plans
Actors Fund and MPTF can help some older actors find substitutes for the guild health plan they are losing. But some say SAG-AFTRA isn’t getting the word out
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Why Hollywood Unions Aren’t Mourning Quibi’s Death
Quibi productions could use a loophole in guild contract rules involving minimum pay
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SAG-AFTRA Files Complaint Against Actors Equity as Live Show Taping Dispute Escalates
“Let us be very clear: this is a last resort,” guild heads Gabrielle Carteris and David White write as they seek mediation from the 4As and the AFL-CIO
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SAG-AFTRA Announces Another Wave of Layoffs Due to Pandemic
Third round of workforce cuts brings guild’s employee count down to around 400
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Actors’ Equity Association Slams Cuts to Live Theater Actors’ Health Plan
Union president says she is “deeply frustrated” that cuts were made without study into how it affects actors of color and those with lower wages
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Writers Guild Seeks Critical Information From CAA, WME as Talks Continue
Divestment from affiliate production companies is the final hurdle to end the writer walkout from Hollywood’s biggest agencies
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WGA West Re-Elects 7 of 8 Incumbents to 2020 Board of Directors
“Power” co-executive producer Eric Haywood is the sole new member