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Broadway Cleaners Vote to Authorize Strike: “What This Fight Boils Down to Is Respect”
Broadway Cleaners voted to authorize a strike amid contract negotiations with the Broadway League and what they say is a need for higher wages.
Directors Guild Pension Plan Sues MGM Pictures for Alleged Self-Dealing
The Directors Guild of America pension plan is suing MGM Pictures for allegedly self-dealing in its licensing agreements with Epix.
Directors Guild Ratifies Four-Year Deal With Studios
The Directors Guild of America on Thursday ratified a four-year deal with studios and streamers, bringing to a close a quiet year for bargaining.
Production Assistants Ratify Three Warner Bros. TV Union Contracts
Production assistants on three shows produced by Warner Bros. Television have ratified their first union contracts.
Below-the-Line Hollywood Talent Agencies Plan Merger
Dattner Dispoto and Associates along with Worldwide Production Agency see the benefits of scale.
Paramount Creates Standalone Division to Handle Labor Relations
Paramoutn Skydance has formed a standalone industrial relations department led by longtime executives Nicole Lang and Sheldon Kasdan.
‘Big Mouth’ and ‘The Blacklist’ Showrunners, ‘Send Help’ Screenwriter Run for Writers Guild West Board
The first crop of announced candidates seeking election to the Writers Guild West’s board includes former showrunners of Big Mouth and The Blacklist.
QVC Hosts Attempt to Unionize With SAG-AFTRA
Hosts for home shopping network QVC are attempting to unionize with SAG-AFTRA in an organizing drive they say is fueled by generative AI concerns.
Inside the Directors Guild’s Four-Year Deal: A Focus on Jobs, the Health Plan and AI Protections
The union struck the tentative agreement with studios and streamers on June 9.
Why Hollywood’s Unions Didn’t Put Up a Fight With Studios This Year
While 2023 marked the spiciest year in recent memory for Hollywood labor unions, 2026 was perhaps the sleepiest.