“We share in the heartbreak, frustration and anger surrounding the tragic murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. We stand in solidarity with the African-American community as together we grieve yet another lawless, racist killing in our country,” said IATSE president Matt Loeb in a press release. “Racism plays an insidious role in the daily lives of all working people of color,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka in […]
The entertainment industry has released its blueprint for resuming production amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 22-page “white paper” was delivered Monday to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office and will also be delivered to California Governor Gavin Newsom along with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. […]
“We often hear people say that the coronavirus doesn’t discriminate,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. “We know that’s far from the truth. It has, and it will continue to. We’ve known for decades that women and minority communities don’t have equal access to health care. These inequities come in many forms. Hospital systems don’t […]
A surge in coronavirus-related workplace complaints is fueling criticism from unions and Democratic lawmakers that the Labor Department is ill-equipped to ensure workers are safe as more businesses reopen. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a division of the Labor Department, has received more than 5,000 complaints […]
Just before Memorial Day, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced during a Zoom session … that within days, the state would issue guidelines allowing many counties to resume production, some as early as this past week. … Almost as soon as the news broke, a chorus of union representatives weighed in, putting the brakes on any imminent […]
Six years after Sarah Jones was killed on the Georgia set of Midnight Rider, director Randall Miller is facing being arrested again. Law enforcement authorities in the Peach State on Friday requested that Department of Community Supervision issue a warrant for Miller for violating the conditions of his probation, Deadline Hollywood has learned. The effort […]
The WGA, in its ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract, is calling for the elimination of new-writer discounts and training program rates that have existed for years to encourage companies to hire female and minority directors. It is also asking the companies for paid parental leave and greater safeguards against sexual harassment […]
A new lawsuit emerged on Thursday claiming that convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein raped four additional women, including one woman who was 17 at the time of her attack. Court documents filed in New York include claims from four women for alleged sexual assaults that occurred between 1984 and 2013. A 43 year-old woman alleges Weinstein raped her in 1994, when she was 17. The filing says the woman was looking to break into […]
The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to eliminate — at least for this year — the ‘Final Four’ stage of its annual board elections, and to begin using a preferential ballot — just like the one used to determine the best picture Oscar — to pick board members, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced during his Tuesday Coronavirus press conference that, while he had hoped to present guidelines for restarting film and TV production Tuesday, he is pushing back that announcement to confer with guilds and producers. “We chose to engage a little more formally” in the conversations, he said. “We […]
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