One week down, many to go. IATSE was rejoined at the negotiating table this week by Teamsters Local 399 and the rest of the Hollywood Basic Crafts to continue bargaining with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on collective benefit plans. This is the first time that the below-the-line unions have been at … Read more
Monday marks the start of general negotiations for IATSE‘s new three-year contract with the studios. Last week, the Affiliated Property Craftspersons Local 44 became the 13th and final local to reach an agreement on craft-specific issues in the Basic Agreement. Now, the union is laying out some of the proposals it will bring to the … Read more
The Studio Teachers (IATSE Local 884) have struck a tentative deal with the studios. Local 884 came to a preliminary agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on craft-specific issues after a final day of bargaining on Friday, Deadline confirmed. They are the 12th of IATSE’s west coast studio locals to wrap talks … Read more
IATSE is ending the week with at least one more Local negotiation under its belt. The Motion Picture Costumers (Local 705) struck a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers this week on craft-specific issues, according to the union. That makes 11 of 13 West Coast Studio Locals to wrap up … Read more
IATSE is looking to wrap up local-specific negotiations with the studios this week before the guild turns its attention to general contract talks. There are just three locals left to strike tentative deals with the Alliance of Motion Picture Television Producers on craft issues. Locals 44 and 705 are slated to begin talks Monday, and … Read more
They’re baaack. We retired Strike Talk, the Deadline podcast by Billy Ray and Todd Garner Deadline hatched to lend perspective and serve as a beacon of hope to the industry during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. We’ve put the band back together because a potential standoff between the signatories and the negotiators for the Teamster … Read more
Four New York film production veterans, spanning the perspectives of unions, vendors and city government, agreed that the looming IATSE strike threat will restrict shoots this year before a rebound in 2025. Tommy O’Donnell, President of Theatrical Teamsters Local 817, which represents workers in transportation, casting, and locations for film, TV and Broadway, sees signs … Read more
IATSE is in the home stretch of its local-specific negotiations with the studios. As of Friday, Local 728 — which represents studio electrical lighting technicians — has reached a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on craft-specific proposals. This is the 10th of 13 West Coast studio locals to reach … Read more
SAG-AFTRA, IATSE the WGA, and even the DGA have united behind a legislative move to put up some new and slightly punitive guardrails around Artificial Intelligence. “Everything generated by AI ultimately originates from a human creative source, says Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, of a new bill proposed today by Rep. … Read more
After an additional day of bargaining, the Motion Picture Editors Guild reached a preliminary deal with the studios. IATSE Local 700 finished up bargaining on craft-specific issues Friday, becoming the ninth of 13 west coast studio locals to wrap up talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. “We debated proposals and priorities; … Read more
