In a major victory for IATSE members and working people across the United States, the House of Representatives on May 6 passed H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act on a bipartisan basis. The PRO Act will restore fairness to the economy by strengthening the federal laws that give workers a voice on the job so they can negotiate for higher wages, better benefits, a more secure retirement and […]
“A contentious union campaign by the staff of the progressive news network The Young Turks is growing even more combative,” writes Hamilton Nolan in In These Times. “[In early March], the union filed two separate unfair labor practice charges alleging that the company and its CEO… withheld wage increases and bonuses […]
President Donald Trump is not letting the global coronavirus pandemic stand in the way of his administration’s assault on what’s left of organized labor in the United States. On Wednesday, the Federal Labor Relations Authority—a small federal agency governed by three Trump appointees—quietly issued a rule proposal […]
“[On Friday] we participated in conference calls on both coasts with the IATSE and the heads of the other locals in New York and Los Angeles. I want to share the information that was provided to us,” writes MPEG Ex. Dir. Cathy Repola. “Just since my email late [Thursday], many more shows have announced cancellations […]
Cinematographer John Lindley has been elected president of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) national executive board. His election follows the February 14 resignation of Lewis Rothenberg just slightly more than half a year into his term. Lindley will complete Rothenberg’s three-year, to which he was elected last year after defeating longtime guild president […]
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 […]
A US labor board on Tuesday finalized a rule that will make it more difficult to hold companies liable for unlawful labor practices by franchisees and contractors, reversing a more worker-friendly Obama-era standard criticized by business groups. The rule by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which was first proposed […]
Top leadership at the progressive news network The Young Turks held an all-staff meeting at its office in Culver City, California, on February 12. The regularly scheduled gathering was supposed to deal with personnel matters, but instead the focus turned to the staff’s nascent union campaign, which had just gone public. […]
Billionaire presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg released a labor platform on February 15 that aligns with the Democratic Party’s stance. It includes support for the PRO Act recently passed by House Democrats. But his comments made in several interviews since he left office demonstrate a clear antagonism toward workers and labor unions. […]
Teamsters union President James P. Hoffa said he won’t stand for re-election when his current term ends in March 2022, after more than two decades atop the powerful labor group. Hoffa’s exit would open up the race to … the Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a group that has opposed Hoffa’s leadership, [which] is running a slate […]
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