From windows and rooftops through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions around the world cheered essential workers on the front lines who daily risked contracting this highly contagious disease. Janitors, grocery […]
“Only a handful of unreconstructed reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions,” Eisenhower told labor leaders [in 1952], writes Steven Greenhouse in The New York Times. “Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of […]
“As anxious as the country is for health security and protection against Covid-19, we cannot subject people to greater risk to score political points for [this] president,” said Bonnie Castillo, executive director of National Nurses United […]
Ken Burns did it. So did Michael Moore. But a lot of documentary filmmakers don’t go union. Is that about to change? […]
President Trump has reversed multiple labor gains that President Obama put in place. […]
FilmLA, the organization that doles out permits and tracks shooting in the region, says that it’s finally starting to see a more confident return to production. Its monthly film permit requests have increased nearly 40 percent in August compared to […]
SAG-AFTRA members have voted overwhelmingly – 87.68% to 12.32% – to ratify a new TV animation contract covering network, basic cable and streaming shows. Animation, and the voice-over work provided by actors, is one of the […]
After a day of early press screenings and conferences, the Venice Film Festival officially was declared open [Wednesday] evening by the directors of several major European fests including Venice’s own Alberto Barbera and Cannes’ Thierry Frémaux. […]
After agreeing to terms with ICM and UTA, the union’s talks with the Endeavor-owned talent firm broke down on Tuesday. More than a year after thousands of Hollywood scribes cut ties with their agents amid a standoff between the […]
“I’ve known since I was a boy I wanted to make music.” […]
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