A committee charged with recommending Covid safety measures to the CA Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, advises in a new draft document that masking in the workplace should continue after June 15. […]
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed 175 new cases of COVID-19 and just five new deaths on Monday. Those figures are strikingly similar to Sunday’s, when 174 new cases were confirmed, along with four deaths. […]
General Internet searching is not enough. Companies manipulate what shows up first on a general Internet search. Often you have to weed through hundreds of pages of marginal information before you get to real substantive information on […]
“This wasn’t your average picket line,” writes Paul Prescod in Jacobin. “’It’s up to Walt to call the halt,’ read a striking worker’s picket sign beside a picture of Mickey Mouse. Another featured an image of Pinocchio saying, ‘There are no strings on me.’ […]
“In the US about 12 percent of workers are unionized, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,” writes Eriq Gardner in The Hollywood Reporter. “In Hollywood, it’s nearly everyone, even though workers largely operate on a project basis […]
The union representing the Metropolitan Opera’s chorus staved off calls for a 30-percent reduction in payroll costs that the company had said it needed to survive the pandemic. But the contract it tentatively agreed to will save the Met millions […]
Unions that represent healthcare professionals and essential frontline workers are speaking out about the CDC’s walkback on masks. These workers, they say, have paid for and will continue to pay for the nation’s scandalous lack of preparation for […]
After years of speculation about the merging of Big Tech and Hollywood, Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it is acquiring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios for $8.45 billion — snapping up a library of more than 4,000 movies and storied […]
SAG-AFTRA’s National Board has appointed its current COO and general counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland to the role of national executive director and chief negotiator. Crabtree-Ireland is stepping into the position after it was vacated by […]
After several years of inviting massive classes of new members to join their organization, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is warning people to expect a much smaller class of new members this year and going forward. “As we look to […]
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