Labor
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Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel’s Monologue Celebrates Hollywood’s Double Strikes – Except the DGA, ‘You Guys Folded Immediately’
The host also brought crew members on stage to thank them
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Disney Hotel Workers Seek $1 Million in Back Pay With Class Action Lawsuit for Labor Violations
The group of 100+ employees cites “deliberate” failure to provide proof of correct pay
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New York Times Accused of Wage Theft as Paper Prepares to Remedy Unpaid Overtime | Exclusive
An internal NewsGuild memo says the newspaper owes $122,742.17 in unpaid overtime to union members
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Nickelodeon Animation Workers Ratify Guild Contract by 89% for Wage Increases, Staffing Minimums
The ratification comes after nearly a year of negotiations with the Animation Guild and combines 2D, 3D and production workers into one contract
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Hollywood’s Slow Post-Strike Comeback Is Creating a Crisis of Morale
“We have a generation of people who have never seen anything like this in terms of not working,” Lindsay Dougherty of Teamsters Local 399 says
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IATSE Says ‘No Reason These Companies Can’t Build in More Protections’ as Health Plan Talks Begin
The Guild is negotiating jointly with Teamsters and Basic Crafts unions for a new studio pension and health plan
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New York Times Management Denies Union’s Accusations of a ‘Racially Targeted Witch Hunt’ Over Oct. 7 Story Leak
The labor group representing NYT journalists called on the paper to “cease” the internal investigation into who shared information on a shelved episode of “The Daily”
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WGA East Names Sam Wheeler as Executive Director
The former attorney previously served as executive director of the American Guild of Musical Artists
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Studios Reach Deal With Musicians’ Union, Including Streaming Residuals, AI Guardrails
The labor group says it’s “secured historic breakthroughs” and “gained meaningful wage increases”
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Vice Media Staffers ‘Scramble’ After Receiving Tip That Website Will Shutter, Layoffs Coming
Employees who spoke with TheWrap expect they will hear about layoffs prior to an announcement of the site closing
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Animation Guild Becomes First Hollywood Union to Call for Gaza Cease-Fire
The guild announces it has signed a labor movement petition that also calls for Hamas to release hostages
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SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP Reach Tentative Deal on Animation Contracts
The bargaining agreements for TV and feature film animation will face a ratification vote pending guild board approval
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Legal News Service Law360 Lays Off 10% of Newsroom Staff
Unionized editorial staffers staged a one-day strike against parent company LexisNexis in December
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NowThis Lays Off 50% of Staff to ‘Realign Our Resources and Structure’
TikTok team leader Mike Madden, senior writer PJ Evans and senior producer Jasmine Amjad have all been impacted