2021
Cut to Black: Alex Robinson, Picture Editor
He’s a veteran Picture Editor on the NBC franchise series “Chicago Med” and “Chicago PD.” […]
News
Labor
Warehouse Workers Wage Historic Fight for Union Recognition at Amazon
“Workers at an Amazon warehouse in the Deep South are hoping to make history by establishing the company’s first unionized workplace in the United States,” writes Luis Feliz Leon in The American Prospect. “Amazon can easily […]
Labor
L.A. County Health Officials Urge No Super Bowl Gatherings, as Deaths Remain High
The pandemic is far from over, according to Los Angeles County Health Officials. As such, they say Super Bowl gatherings with those outside the immediate household should not be held. That’s in order to prevent the same type of […]
Industry
WME Signs WGA Franchise Agreement, Giving Guild Historic Win
The WGA has won its historic campaign to reshape the talent agency business, signing WME – the last agency holdout – to its franchise agreement Friday. All the major agencies now have signed the agreement, which will return […]
Industry
Christopher Plummer, Actor from The Bard to ‘The Sound of Music,’ Dies at 91
Christopher Plummer, the prolific and versatile Canadian-born actor who rose to celebrity as the romantic lead in perhaps the most popular movie musical of all time, was critically lionized as among the pre-eminent Shakespeareans of the past […]
Labor
Biden Fires More of Trump’s Labor Appointees
President Joe Biden continues to take an ax to former President Donald Trump’s labor policies, removing all 10 of his predecessor’s appointees to the Federal Service Impasses Panel. The FSIP is supposed to resolve bargaining disputes […]
Labor
House Ejects Marjorie Taylor Greene from Education and Labor Committee
The House voted largely along party lines Thursday to remove Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from her two committee assignments, a precedent-shattering move by Democrats to rebuke a Republican who has espoused extremist beliefs […]
Industry
Facing Hearing on Capitol Riot, Trump Resigns from SAG-AFTRA
Facing a union disciplinary hearing over his role in the attack on the Capitol, former President Donald J. Trump resigned from the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on Thursday, assailing the group […]
Labor
Senators Vet Boston Mayor Walsh for Labor Secretary
Senators vetted Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in a confirmation hearing on Thursday, pressing President Biden’s pick to lead the Labor Department on a number of issues. Walsh, a former union leader, would be taking over the agency during […]
Industry
Actor Sues Netflix Over COVID-19 Work Conditions
During the early days of the pandemic, the prospect of workers suing businesses for not protecting them from the virus was so great that many corporations lobbied for tort protection, aiming to be shielded from negligence claims. And […]
