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“Shut It Down”: Why Adam McKay Is Endorsing a Mass Strike for Workers Across Industries
In a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday the ‘Don’t Look Up’ filmmaker and climate activist called the current two-party political system “useless” and advocated for workers to withhold their labor to change policy.
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Writers Guild West Staffers Launch Their Own Unionization Drive (Exclusive)
The employees behind the famously hard-charging labor organization say they want a workplace where “our voices are heard” and “our work is valued.”
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My Mother, the Hollywood Scab
Katherine Specktor never wanted to be a screenwriter, so she didn't see the furious backlash coming when she crossed the WGA picket lines. In an excerpt from his new memoir about growing up in the industry, her son explains how the experience sent her further into a spiral of alcoholism and despair.
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Writers Guild West Bars Members From Working on Martin Scorsese-Produced Film Due to Randall Emmett’s Role
The former 'Irishman' and 'Silence' collaborators are reportedly producing a project about the deadly 1982 avalanche that subsumed the Alpine Meadows ski resort near Lake Tahoe.
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Production Assistants’ Union Drive Gets Boost From Bernie Sanders Rally: “Studios Will Push Back”
LiUNA Local 724 organizers were on hand at the tour's Los Angeles stop, telling tens of thousands of attendees that production assistants are "sick and tired of being underpaid, overworked and unprotected."
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SAG-AFTRA and Advertisers Reach Tentative Agreement on Successor Contracts
The tentative agreement came after months of negotiations.
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Why One Writers Guild Member, Expelled for Work During the 2023 Strike, Is Appealing the Decision
Edward Drake, who is also a director, explains why he is one of four union members challenging their discipline following the second-longest work stoppage in the union’s history.
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Writers Guild West Names Members Who’ve Been Expelled or Disciplined for Breaking Strike Rules
Of the seven that were disciplined, four have appealed: Julie Bush, Tim Doyle, Edward Drake and Roma Roth have all sought to overturn rulings from the WGA West board of directors.
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TV Writing Jobs Fell by 42 Percent in 2023-24 Season, WGA Says (Exclusive)
Of the 1,319 total writing jobs lost from 2022-23, 642 of them were co-executive producers or above.
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Staffers at L.A.’s Natural History Museum and La Brea Tar Pits Form Union
Around 300 workers at the iconic SoCal institutions will join AFSCME as part of a voluntary recognition agreement with management.
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At “Stay in L.A.” Rally, Working Hollywood Fights to Improve Incentives for Southern California’s Signature Industry
A lineup of labor leaders, policymakers and industry workers called for expanded tax perks for projects shooting in the state at the Sunday event: "Make Hollywood Hollywood again!"
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SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contracts Expiration Date Extended Again
The decision was made "in order to facilitate the continuation of productive negotiations," the performers' union said on Friday.
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