“President-elect Biden announced a proposed relief and recovery package that provides relief that is commensurate with the scale of the economic challenge facing the United States,” writes Josh Bivens for The Economic Policy Institute […]
In several US cities, fast food workers went on strike Friday to demand a $15 minimum hourly wage and the right to unionize, boosting pressure on President-elect Joe Biden to deliver on his campaign promise to push for the wage increase […]
Technicolor, the storied technology and visual effects company, said Thursday that it will sell part of its post-production operation to Streamland Media of Los Angeles for nearly $36.5 million. The sale of Technicolor Post, which handles sound […]
As Los Angeles’s public health officials are calling the city’s current COVID-19 surge — in which 10 people are testing positive for the virus every minute — the “worst disaster our county has experienced in decades,” Hollywood’s top studios […]
Production in Los Angeles hit new pandemic-era lows last month. FilmLA released its latest report examining filming in the greater Los Angeles area in the month of December, revealing that film permit requests dropped a steep […]
The Directors Guild has sided with the Writers Guild in the WGA’s ongoing legal battle with WME over the agency’s ownership interest in its affiliated production entity – Endeavor Content. In a letter obtained by Deadline […]
“Walsh has a close personal relationship with President-elect Biden, which will give him leverage within the Cabinet,” writes John Logan in The Hill. “Walsh served as an effective surrogate for Biden during the presidential election campaign […]
“Marty [Walsh] knows worker power means not just protecting the right to unionize but encouraging unionization and collective bargaining,” Joe Biden said. “It means protecting pensions. Ensuring worker safety. Increasing the […]
The American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund again has applied to the US Treasury Department for permission to reduce benefits for nearly half of its 51,521 participants. The Plan is currently in “critical and declining […]
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called [pro-Trump demonstrations] “one of the greatest assaults on our democracy since the Civil War.” UAW President Rory Gamble described it as “a very sad day for our nation and our democracy.” […]
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