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Hollywood Unions Voice Support for Teamster Casting Ahead of AMPTP Negotiations
The contract talks begin on Monday
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Animation Guild Ends First Week of Labor Contract Talks, Will Continue in September
IATSE local says it remains far apart from AMPTP in several key issues and are holding out for studios’ “substantive responses”
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Grassroot Organizers in Hollywood Lend Voices to Pro-Palestine Movement
SAG-AFTRA and Sister Guild Members for Ceasefire traces its origins to last year’s strike
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The Hollywood Reporter Lays Off 4 Staffers, Including Executive Managing Editor Sudie Redmond
These are the latest in a series of layoffs that have seen multiple editors exit in the past two months
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A Hollywood Hairdresser Styled ‘Star Wars’ Actors Before the Slowdown Led Her to Open the ‘Shack in the Back’
Holding on in Hollywood, a Wrap Series: Sallie Ciganovich, Emmy-nominated hairdresser
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Crooked Media Employees Unanimously Ratify New Labor Contract
Significant salary increases and transparency on AI use were among the key gains earned by workers at the liberal podcast company
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SAG-AFTRA Video Game Performers Set Disney Picket Line for Thursday
Members of the Interactive Negotiating Committee and other guild leaders will participate
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A Dolly Grip Says: ‘I Don’t Know How Long This Career Can Sustain Itself’
Holding on in Hollywood: Grip Diego Mariscal has seen crew members commit suicide and worries his specialty will be swallowed by technology
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Casting Assistants Unanimously Vote to Unionize With Teamsters
They’re seeking higher wages, health benefits, a pension and job protections
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‘No Contract, No Cartoons’: Animation Guild Members Stand Together as Talks Begin
An IATSE-hosted rally Saturday drew more than twice as many attendees as its last event in 2022
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Crooked Media Workers Union Reaches Contract Agreement After Contentious Bargaining
The guild also withdrew an unfair labor practice charge against the company
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A Sitcom Writer-Turned-Psychologist Counsels Hollywood Workers on the ‘Industry Apocalypse’
Holding on in Hollywood: Phil Stark, a writer on “That ’70s Show” pivoted to counseling industry brethren
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Animation Anger: Hollywood Artists Face Multifaceted Crisis as Contract Talks Near
The animators producing successes like “Inside Out 2” are facing mass layoffs and overseas outsourcing as Hollywood slashes production costs
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Axios Lays Off 50 Staffers Amid Media Landscape Shift
“This is a painful but necessary move to tighten our strategic focus and shift investment to our core growth areas,” CEO Jim VandeHei writes
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Editors Guild Executive Director Cathy Repola Retiring After 32 Years
The vet of her field announced that she’s stepping down in January after a three-decade tenure with IATSE Local 700