California Representative Adam Schiff and members of Congress from Los Angeles and other entertainment production hubs around the country have sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging financial relief for freelance and contract workers in […]
IATSE reported Tuesday that the COVID-19-related suspensions in production have resulted in the loss of 120,000 jobs held by its 150,000 members. The IATSE general executive board has approved $2.5 million in donations to three entertainment charities: The Actors Fund, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and […]
The bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) is a good start to providing relief to workers, however, the provisions on the table for emergency paid leave benefits won’t apply to displaced entertainment workers because of the requirements for days worked on a job to qualify. […]
The head of the IATSE has called for the federal government to provide relief for entertainment industry workers displaced by the coronavirus pandemic. Matthew Loeb, international president of the IATSE, made the announcement Friday. “Right now, thousands of our members across all sectors of the entertainment industry […]
Production and post-production workers at The Young Turks, the online network offering news from a progressive, left-leaning perspective, have organized a union through the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. TYT, founded in 2002 by chief on-camera personality Cenk Uygur, produces a variety of […]
IATSE has launched a campaign to unionize the production and post-production workers at The Young Turks, the left-leaning online news outlet that produces a variety of programs, including its flagship talk show, The Young Turks. The company was founded in 2002 by chief on-camera personality Cenk Uygur, who is running for the House seat vacated by former Representative Katie Hill. […]
As negotiations enter the homestretch for IATSE’s first national contract with Netflix, members from a dozen of its locals are urging the IATSE president “to be relentless” at the bargaining table in order to provide “much-needed income to secure the future funding of our pensions.” […]
Financial relief is available for affected IATSE members through the Walsh/Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation. IATSE members in need of assistance should submit a written request to their local union. Local unions will then forward any requests to the Walsh/Di Tolla/Spivak […]
The Guild’s two top leaders are honored. […]
In a welcome development – Congress reached a bipartisan spending deal that funds the government through September 2020 and delivers two significant legislative wins for IATSE members: a full repeal of the 40% health benefits tax […]
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