Roger Barton and Evercast Look for a Better Way to Edit
Faced with a demanding career and a time-crunched personal life, a veteran film editor is behind a new system designed to help colleagues find the right balance. […]
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Hollywood Filmmaker Claims ‘#MeToo’ Accusations Went Too Far
Stephen Elliott, a writer and film-maker who claims his life was ruined after his name appeared on the “Shitty Media Men” list that circulated online last year, is now making moves to identify the spreadsheet’s anonymous contributors. In a libel suit […]
New Technology, Housekeeping Among Concerns in Hotel Strikes
New technology threatening to make some hotel jobs obsolete is among the concerns prompting thousands of Marriott workers to walk off their jobs across the US in recent weeks. D. Taylor, international president of the labor union representing the […]
Verity Health System’s Bankruptcy Sparks Concern from Union Members
El-Segundo, California-based Verity Health System’s recent filing for bankruptcy and move to auction its hospitals have sparked concern from unionized healthcare workers about the future of Verity’s Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, California […]
Khatami: Trump Writes ‘Laughably False’ Op-Ed about Medicare for All
“President Donald Trump took a break from Twitter Wednesday to rail against Medicare for All in a falsehood-ridden op-ed for USA Today, despite promising voters on the campaign trail in 2016 that health care for all is ‘just human decency,’” writes […]
Amazon Responds to Union Pressure, but Still Denies Workers’ Rights
Sharan Burrow, International Trade Union Confederation General Secretary, said: “Amazon … uses every trick in the book to stop its workers organising into unions to improve working conditions and bargain collectively for decent conditions […]
IATSE Group ‘Reel Equity’ Calls for Equal Pay for Women
Just in time for Sunday’s Women’s Equality Day, dozens of Hollywood stars and organizations signed an open letter calling for equal pay among women in film and television production. The letter, published by the group Reel Equity, cites a recent […]
WSJ Editorial: The ‘Right-to-Work’ Rout
“Big spending paid off for Big Labor on Tuesday as Missouri voters rejected right-to-work legislation by an overwhelming 2 to 1,” writes The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board. “Compulsory dues will help offset the unions’ $27 million investment in political ‘coercion.’ Under Missouri’s constitution […]
Museum of Modern Art Union Workers Walkout as They Prepare for Negotiations
Dozens of protesters converged in the lobby of New York’s Museum of Modern Art Monday afternoon in preparation for Tuesday’s negotiations over union contract renegotiations. UAW Local 2110 members from across departments […]
Dolack: ‘If the Economy is So Good, Why are Wages Flat?’
“We are supposedly seven years into a ‘recovery’ from the global economic collapse that commenced in 2008,” writes Peter Dolack in CounterPunch. “The latest evidence offered to promote this oft-peddled mantra is that US gross domestic product […]