Valerie King is an organizer with the Utility Workers and chairs the union’s Women’s Caucus. She has elevated women’s voices within the union and helped grow their visibility as members across the organization in a few short years. […]
As lead organizer in the potentially historic effort to unionize 5,800 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, Josh Brewer heads a small army of organizers for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Brewer recognizes that it’s […]
Players from the National Football League were among the first to voice their support. Then came Stacey Abrams, the Democratic star who helped turn Georgia blue in the 2020 election. The actor Danny Glover traveled to Bessemer […]
“No sector of the performing arts has been unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” writes Charles McNulty in The Los Angeles Times. “But I’ve been especially concerned about the plight of theater stalwarts, those pioneers and purists […]
By the end of the year, Amazon had broken $100 billion in sales in a single quarter, raking in $125.6 billion by December’s end. Employees at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse facility are currently in the process of voting to join the Retail […]
Rarely has the chasm between rank-and-file-workers and the extremely wealthy been this wide. While millions of people have lost jobs, gone hungry and struggled to pay for their basic needs, billionaires’ wealth soared to new heights in 2020. […]
The Motion Picture Sound Editors are out with the nominees for its 68th annual Golden Reel Awards, which recognize sound artists in 22 categories spanning film, TV, ‘toons, computer entertainment and student productions. Winners will be […]
Nearly a year from the industry-wide production shutdown, Hollywood is plotting a major return to filming. The California Film Commission has revealed that 22 feature films have been selected for the latest round of tax credits under […]
President Biden on Sunday did something unusual for a president, Democratic or Republican: He explicitly endorsed the right of workers to organize into unions. The prompt for the message released by the White House was an organizing […]
The Cinema Audio Society is out with its nominees for the 54th annual CAS Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievement in film and TV sound mixing for 2017. The hardware will be presented February 24 during a ceremony at the […]
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