Latina Equal Pay Day was this week, and if it’s not bad enough that it took this long for Latinas to be paid as much as white men made in 2019, the coronavirus pandemic is dumping additional bad news on them. Women are dropping out […]
“A recent Federal Reserve survey found that one in five people who were working in February lost their job or were furloughed in March or early April,” writes Frank Christensen in The Hill. “The grim financial difficulties brought on by COVID-19 have hit lower earning workers the hardest. Nearly 40 percent of former […]
Following similar moves across Europe to battle a rising second wave of COVID-19 cases, England is heading into a month-long lockdown. Cinemas and all non-essential businesses across England are going to be ordered to close for a second […]
Sean Connery, the irascible Scot from the slums of Edinburgh who found international fame as Hollywood’s original James Bond, dismayed his fans by walking away from the Bond franchise and went on to have a long and fruitful career as […]
A woman who testified against disgraced and imprisoned Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein filed a lawsuit against him on Friday to seek damages for what she described as lasting injuries. Miriam Haley brought the lawsuit in Manhattan […]
The IATSE legal department is blasting Senate Republicans for rushing through the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett while refusing to take action to help struggling workers during the coronavirus pandemic. […]
… The only piece of real-world evidence cited to defend the Trump administration’s record in helping working-class voters turns out to be either false or highly misleading. One of the articles defending the Trump record, by Alan Tonelson […]
With just days before Election Day, Hollywood unions are making the last-minute case to their members to get out and vote — and, in some cases, touting the appeal of pro-labor 2020 candidates in the process. The IATSE, the Screen Actors […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new nationwide lockdown Friday in a move that will see cinemas across the country forced to once again close their doors. The new lockdown will last through December 1 […]
Studio Movie Grill, the in-theater dining chain with seven California locations has filed for bankruptcy, one of the first leading exhibitors to officially buckle under pandemic-related financial stress. The Dallas-based company filed for […]
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