Studio Teachers Reach Tentative Deal With Studios

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

Formerly Anti-Union VW Worker Explains Why The Hollywood Strikes Changed His Mind

Screenshot: Payday Report/YouTube Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant recently voted to join the United Auto Workers union, making it the first factory outside the Big Three to unionize. It’s a huge win for the employees who work there but also for labor rights in general. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that many … Read more

Morning sickness? Prenatal check-ups? What to know about new rights for pregnant workers

Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that supporters say could change workplace culture for millions of people. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency in charge of enforcing the law, adopted an expansive view of conditions related to pregnancy … Read more

UAW Wins Historic Union Election At Volkswagen

Employees at Volkswagen’s SUV assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted to join the United Auto Workers in a historic labor victory, the union and Volkswagen announced late Friday. A preliminary tally released by the company showed workers favored union representation by a count of 2,628 to 985, a nearly 3-1 margin. The landslide win … Read more

Costumers Reaches Tentative Deal With Studios On Craft-Specific Issues

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

Post-Strike Production Rebound Off To Slow Start In LA, FilmLA Says

The dual Hollywood strikes are history, but production has been slow to return in Los Angeles, especially for television projects. The city and county’s film office said today that local on-location filming declined by 8.7% the first quarter, recording only 6,823 shoot days from January through March. The quarterly report from FilmLA (read it here) … Read more

Post-Strike Production Rebound Off To Slow Start In LA, FilmLA Says

The dual Hollywood strikes are history, but production has been slow to return in Los Angeles, especially for television projects. The city and county’s film office said today that local on-location filming declined by 8.7% the first quarter, recording only 6,823 shoot days from January through March. The quarterly report from FilmLA (read it here) … Read more

BMW's 'The Hire' Short Films Are The Best Car Ads We Ever Got

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Google Fires Twenty-Eight Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal with Israel

Google fired twenty-eight employees Wednesday after they participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel’s government that also includes Amazon. Workers at both companies have claimed the deal makes advanced technology available to Israel’s security apparatus that could contribute to the killing or harm of Palestinians in Gaza and the … Read more