Teamsters Locals 399 and 817 have ratified a new three-year casting agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The deal received a 91.85% approval vote with an 83% voter turnout, the union said Wednesday. The agreement covers New York and Los Angeles casting directors, associate casting directors, and the newly organized casting … Read more
Thousands of dock workers at ports along the East and Gulf coasts went on strike early Tuesday morning amid a contract dispute, halting the flow of goods with a potentially costly work stoppage. Their union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, failed to reach a new six-year agreement with the United States Maritime Alliance, the group representing … Read more
Photo: Odd Andersen / AFP (Getty Images) Tesla decided to take a very hands-on approach to tackling employees who call out sick at its gigafactory in Germany. Factory management is going to employees’ homes when they call out sick to check if they are actually ill. Plant workers are understandably pissed off, slamming the door … Read more
The Teamsters have a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new casting agreement. Locals 399 and 817 made the announcement Friday, just ahead of the current contract’s expiration on September 30. The agreement will now go before all Los Angeles and New York casting directors, associate casting directors … Read more
When the clock struck midnight one year ago today, the Writers Guild of America officially ended its historic 148-day strike against the major Hollywood studios. It was just a few days shy of the guild’s longest strike ever, and as a result, the WGA managed to secure just about everything members had picketed in the … Read more
SAG-AFTRA is taking the next step toward organizing intimacy coordinators. The guild has filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent the group in any dealings with the major studios, it revealed on Wednesday, in what it calls a “natural evolution of the union’s commitment to help build a stable and … Read more
Companies exploring the option of letting employees work four days a week hope to reduce job burnout and retain talent seeking a better work-life balance, according to the chief executive of an organization that promotes the idea. The trend is gaining traction in Australia and Europe, says Dale Whelehan, CEO of 4 Day Week Global, … Read more
Employees at the powerful WA branch of the United Workers Union have complained management intimidated them into removing their names from a petition they signed in support of Labor defector Senator Fatima Payman. The alleged intimidation was just one of example of what current and former staff have felt has been a culture of bullying … Read more
Jyothi Renny says she learned about her $30,000 debt when she received a phone call in January from her old employer, a health care staffing firm called MedPro International. MedPro had accused Renny of violating her employment contract by quitting too soon. What Renny didn’t know until the phone call was that the case had … Read more
The Animation Guild now officially, successfully represents animation workers in a right-to-work state. IATSE Local 839 announced Tuesday that 129 artists and production workers at Powerhouse Animation Studios in Austin, Texas — the studio behind Netflix’s Castlevania — had ratified their first contract via a 96% supermajority vote. In their contract, Powerhouse workers secured provisions … Read more
