Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered Californians to stay at home, marking the first mandatory restrictions placed on the lives of all 40 million residents in the state’s fight against the novel coronavirus. The governor’s action comes at a critical time in California, where 19 people have died and […]
President Donald Trump is not letting the global coronavirus pandemic stand in the way of his administration’s assault on what’s left of organized labor in the United States. On Wednesday, the Federal Labor Relations Authority—a small federal agency governed by three Trump appointees—quietly issued a rule proposal […]
Joe Biden won the endorsement of a prominent union on Friday as he steams toward the Democratic presidential nomination. The former vice president earned the backing of United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents 1.3 million workers in the health care, grocery, retail and other industries. The union is just the latest in a string of labor groups to back the former vice president, who has […]
In a major victory for IATSE members and working people across the United States, the House of Representatives on May 6 passed H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act on a bipartisan basis. The PRO Act will restore fairness to the economy by strengthening the federal laws that give workers a voice on the job so they can negotiate for higher wages, better benefits, a more secure retirement and […]
“A contentious union campaign by the staff of the progressive news network The Young Turks is growing even more combative,” writes Hamilton Nolan in In These Times. “On Thursday, the union filed two separate unfair labor practice charges alleging that the company and its CEO… withheld wage increases and bonuses […]
California Representative Adam Schiff and members of Congress from Los Angeles and other entertainment production hubs around the country have sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging financial relief for freelance and contract workers in […]
As the world responds to the coronavirus pandemic and the entertainment industry is forced to halt production on shows and films, post-production houses around the globe are finding ways to keep the wheel turning. Tony Clark, managing director of Rising Sun Pictures, says most of the staff is still working on site. […]
Longtime TV and film editor Susan Kesler died Thursday, March 19, following a brief battle with ovarian peritoneal cancer. She was 60. Kesler started out in the business as an apprentice editor on The Love Boat and Dynasty, two of the most popular TV shows in the late 1980s. Her career blossomed to include working as an assistant editor on such TV series as The X-Files, Crossing Jordan, Heroes, Alphas, Falling Skies […]
Broadway producers have agreed to pay hundreds of actors, musicians, stagehands and others for the first few weeks of the industry shutdown, and to cover their health insurance for at least a month. The “emergency relief agreement,” announced Friday evening, was negotiated by the Broadway League […]
The Cannes Film Festival has been postponed. Organizers confirmed Thursday evening that the film festival will no longer take place during the scheduled dates of May 12-23, and several options are now being considered, including postponing the event until the end of June through to the beginning of July. […]
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