Labor
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Hollywood Unions Hail California Unemployment Bill for Striking Workers: ‘An Important Step’
If signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the law will go into effect Jan. 1
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WGA, Studios Agree to Resume Negotiations Next Week
Date for discussions has yet to be determined, AMPTP says
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Studios Mull Pivot Back to SAG-AFTRA Negotiations as WGA Talks Stall
Urgency grows among the studios to get back to work, but a deal with the actors’ guild may not be any easier than one with the writers
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WGA Calls Out ‘Disappointing’ Bill Maher for Resuming Production Without Writers
Guild says it’s “difficult to imagine” how “Real Time” could resume “without a violation”
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Fran Drescher Urges Union to ‘Not Give Up’ in Fiery SAG Strike Rally Speech: ‘We Are Going to Change History’
The guild’s recently reelected president slams the “growing greed of the conglomerates” while addressing an energized crowd outside Paramount Studios
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Marvel Studios VFX Workers Unanimously Vote to Unionize With IATSE
This is the first time visual effects workers have unionized with the group
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Unions Are Adeptly Using Social Media to Take Down Hollywood’s Elite | PRO Insight
It’s very clear who’s winning in the public eye, and it’s not the studios
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Hollywood Workers Have Taken $45 Million Out of Their Retirement Plans During Strike | Exclusive
The Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan has received hardship withdrawal requests from nearly 3,000 members
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‘Ridiculousness’ Writers Vote Unanimously to Unionize
The writing staff of the viral MTV clip show filed an initial motion with the NLRB this summer
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‘Murder, She Wrote’ Movie in the Works From ‘Dumb Money’ Writers
The project, from Pascal Pictures is on hold due to the strike
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Guild-Backed Bill Giving Unemployment Benefits to Striking Workers Passed by California Assembly
Bill will now head back to the State Senate for a final vote
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Hollywood Strikes Draw More Famous Faces to the Picket Lines (Photos)
The actors’ strike is now in its third month
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WGA Strike Roundtable: TV Writers Say ‘Frustration Boils’ in Mini-Rooms, Especially With Notes ‘From the Algorithm’ | Video
“These notes that you’re getting aren’t even really from the executives… It’s nuts,” Shelley Meals, a writer for Netflix’s “Shadow and Bone,” tells TheWrap
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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
