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SAG-AFTRA Chief David White On Union’s Coronavirus Crisis Response And The Hardships Ahead – A Sobering Deadline Q&A
EXCLUSIVE: As national executive director of SAG-AFTRA, David White likely figured the top priority this year was landing a new deal with studios. That seems a long time ago. White was at ground-zero not only when the coronavirus pandemic shut Hollywood down but well before that. He saw the potential when the virus…
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SAG-AFTRA Offers Dues Relief For Financially Strapped Members During COVID-19 Shutdowns
SAG-AFTRA is offering dues relief to members experiencing financial hardship resulting from work stoppages related to the industry's COVID-19 shutdown. Those who can't afford to pay their semi-annual dues bill in May will be granted an extension and an installment plan for those payments. The union says that members…
Trustees Of Musicians Union Pension Plan, Claiming “Victory”, Agree To $26.8 Million Settlement Of Suit That Accused Them Of Making Risky Investments
Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund have agreed to a $26.85 million settlement of a class action lawsuit that claimed they made a series of risky investments that endangered the pensions of thousands of musicians.
"The settlement is a victory for the Trustees, as the plaintiffs…
IATSE C.A.R.E.S. Launched To Assist Elderly And Disabled Members During COVID-19 Crisis
IATSE has created an assistance program called IATSE C.A.R.E.S. to provide support to the union's most at-risk, elderly or disabled members during the coronavirus crisis. A joint effort by the union's Young Workers Committee and its Disaster Response Committee, the new IATSE Coronavirus Active Response and Engagement…
COVID-19 Relief Fund Raises $500,000 To Aid Hollywood’s Assistants And Support Staffers
The Hollywood Support Staff COVID-19 Relief Fund has raised more than $500,000 to help assistants, coordinators, PAs and other industry support staffers who have been laid off or whose hours have been cut due to the coronavirus shutdown. The fund was created by the #PayUpHollywood organization, the ScriptNotes podcast…
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WGA West Donates $590,000 To The Actors Fund As Assistance Requests Soar
Requests for assistance from the Actors Fund have soared during the industry's coronavirus shutdown, and the WGA West has answered the call.
"While the Actors Fund typically processes an average of 60 grants per week, in the last two weeks it has scaled up and is providing 150 grants per day," leaders of the WGA West…
Hollywood Industry Unions Laud Congress For Passage Of $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill
UPDATED with WGA East: Entertainment industry union leaders are applauding Congress for today's passage of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill, part of which expands key benefits for hundreds of thousands of industry workers who have lost jobs because of the coronavirus shutdown of film, TV and theater…
SAG-AFTRA Yanks Franchise Of Hanlon Talent Agency
SAG-AFTRA has yanked Hanlon Talent Agency's franchises agreement and told its members that they cannot "engage, use, or deal through this agency."
Run by Courtney Hanlon, the L.A.-based agency, which mostly represented commercial actors, appears to no longer be in business – not that there's that much business in town…
Actors’ Equity Lauds Senate For $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill
Actors’ Equity, the union representing actors and stage managers in live theater, is praising the $2 trillion Senate bill for the expansion of access to unemployment benefits that the bill will afford to arts and entertainment workers. The bill, which gives unemployed workers an extra $600 a week on top of their…
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Cinematographers Guild Offering 100% Dues Relief & Assistance To Members During Coronavirus Shutdown
The International Cinematographers Guild is giving 100% dues relief to all of its members for the second dues-paying quarter, effective April 1, and has allocated $500,000 to its Hardship Fund to provide $1,000 grants to members in need who lost their jobs because of the industry's coronavirus shutdown.
"By standing…
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DGA Says Major Studios Have Agreed To Pony Up Two Weeks’ Pay For Below-The-Line Members Who Lost Jobs In Coronavirus Shutdown
Leaders of the DGA said tonight that the major studios "have committed to two weeks of pay" for many non-director members who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus shutdown of film and television production, and that the guild has been "fast-tracking residuals" payments worth "tens of millions of dollars so you…
‘Bob’s Burgers’ Animation House Bento Box Hiring 20 Freelancers In Production Amid Hollywood Shutdown
Editors note: During the coronavirus-imposed shutdowns and event cancellations that have caused tens of thousands to lose their jobs, Deadline would like to connect suddenly unemployed Hollywood workers, especially in the heavily hit below-the-line field, with new jobs. Is your company hiring? Email details to…
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