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WGA Says Raising Minimums Is “Critical” In Contract Talks With Studios
Raising writers' minimum pay across the board is a "critical" element of the WGA's bargaining strategy in its ongoing negotiations for a new film and TV contract, the WGA's negotiating committee said today in a message to the guild’s members.
"Script fee and salary minimum increases have been part of every WGA Minimum…
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By David Robb
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L.A. County Coronavirus Update: 890,000 Entertainment Industry Employees Are Now Out Of A Job
UPDATED WEDNESDAY, 6 PM After L.A. County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger announced that a shocking “Eight hundred and ninety thousand film and entertainment employees are not working,” Barger’s assistant chief deputy communications director, Michelle Vega, clarified the Supervisor’s statement.
“It should…
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By Tom Tapp
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Teamsters Local 399 Membership Approves $500,000 COVID-19 Relief Fund To Aid Members In Extreme Financial Hardship
The membership of Hollywood's Teamsters Local 399 has approved allocating $500,000 from the local's treasury for an Emergency Relief Fund to assist members who "have found themselves in extreme financial hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic." The Fund, which will be administered by the Motion Picture & Television…
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By David Robb
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WGA Lays Out AMPTP Bargaining Topics In Message To Members: Streaming, Inclusion, Harassment Protections & More
In a message to their members as bargaining with the AMPTP begins today, the WGA said that the topics of the talks "will include streaming compensation and residuals, benefit contributions, inclusion and equity, workplace protections including against sexual harassment, and specific screenwriter, comedy-variety and TV…
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By David Robb
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AMPTP Hopes To Reach “Fair And Reasonable” Deal With WGA As Contract Talks Begin Today
As the WGA and management's Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers begin negotiations today for a new film and TV contract, the AMPTP said that its goal "is to reach a fair and reasonable agreement with writers that will provide much-needed stability as the industry recovers from the devastating impact of…
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By David Robb
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SAG-AFTRA Could Wrap Up Contract Talks With AMPTP In Next Few Days As WGA Waits In The Wings
EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA and management's AMPTP could be close to wrapping up their negotiations for a new film and TV contract, though no deal is in place yet. Sources tell Deadline the companies are hopeful that an agreement can be reached before Monday, when the AMPTP will start contract talks with the WGA.
SAG-AFTRA…
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By David Robb
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Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan Will Allow Participants To Take Up To $20,000 In Hardship Withdrawals From Individual Account Plans
The Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan is allowing participants to take a one-time hardship withdrawal of up to $20,000 from their Individual Account Plans "due to adverse financial consequences from the Coronavirus Pandemic." The Pension Plan, which covers Hollywood’s below-the-line workers, says any amount of $200…
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By David Robb
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Below-The-Line Workers Who Missed Qualifying For Health Benefits Because Of Shutdown Get Another Extension
The Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans is again extending health benefits to below-the-line workers who came up just short of qualifying when the pandemic shutdown hit. Those who fell even shorter but can prove that they had promises of work will also get to keep their health coverage through…
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By David Robb
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AFL-CIO To Host Press Call With WGA East & NewsGuild Leaders To Address Newsroom Cutbacks During Pandemic
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler will host a press call Friday with leaders of the WGA East and the NewsGuild-CWA to discuss their efforts at mitigating the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis on their members as newsrooms across the country are facing furloughs, layoffs and budget cuts.
"This is…
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By David Robb
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Adam Schiff Tells Union Leaders More Legislation Needed To Aid Hollywood’s Unemployed Workforce
Leaders of SAG-AFTRA and IATSE hosted a virtual town hall meeting today Tuesday with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to discuss the impact of coronavirus on the entertainment industry and their efforts to get the industry back to work. The main thrust of the meeting was to explain the need for new legislation to close the…
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By David Robb
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Newsroom Unions Call On Employers To Protect Media Workers And Their Jobs As Economy Begins To Reopen
As the economy begins to reopen, unions covering newsroom workers are encouraging employers to "protect as many jobs as possible during this crisis" and to adopt coronavirus testing and "strict contact tracing" protocols to prevent the spread of the virus among news teams.
"Thousands of workers across the media…
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By David Robb
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SAG-AFTRA & IATSE To Host Rep. Adam Schiff In Virtual Town Hall To Discuss COVID-19 Relief Efforts & Reopening Hollywood
SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and IATSE international president Matt Loeb will host a virtual town hall discussion on Tuesday with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to discuss the impact of coronavirus, future relief efforts and getting the entertainment and media industry back to work.
Schiff, who's often billed as…
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By David Robb
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