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Labor leaders from five unions including Actors’ Equity Association today joined together to demand Senate action on the HEROES Act, calling the additional $600 in weekly pandemic unemployment benefits essential for food and shelter. On a telephone press conference led by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, leaders from…

The WGA on Wednesday provided details of its deal with ICM Partners on a new franchise agreement, a pact pretty much in line with one the guild inked last month with UTA. The deal that will also allow ICM to again represent WGA members for covered writing services also satisfies a clause that will end TV packaging by…

UPDATED, 12:06 PM: It’s a done deal. ICM Partners and the WGA just confirmed that the agency has signed a franchise agreement with the guild which will allow the agency to once again actively represent WGA members.    "We are looking forward to getting back to work for our writer clients," ICM Partners Co-President…

The WGA West board of directors sent a letter to its members today that updates writers on the union’s latest efforts in the wake of its new film and TV contract. Read it in full below. The missive comes less than a week after WGA members voted overwhelmingly to ratify with the new film and TV deal worked out with the…

UPDATE There’s no cheek-to-cheek dance or whispering of sweet nothings between Belle and the Beast in a new show attraction that’s the latest Walt Disney World production revamped for a park without actors. The resort yesterday replaced the long-running  Beauty and the Beast — Live on Stage show, which featured actors…

SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have struck a tentative deal for new three-year animation contracts. The pact covers animated programs produced for television, including network, basic cable and streaming platforms. Their current toon deal originally was set to expire on June 30…

EXCLUSIVE: The WGA East will hold an online forum on August 11 to advocate for the inclusion of more people of color as voices on mainstream news programs and nonfiction shows. The members-only conversation will be moderated by Michael Harriot, senior writer at TheRoot.com, where he covers the intersection of race…

Hearst Magazines' digital and print staff has voted overwhelmingly – 241 to 83 – to unionize with the WGA East in an election administered by the National Labor Relations Board. The new bargaining unit includes some 500 members from Hearst Magazine's editorial, video, design, photo, and social staffs across 28 digital…

WGA members have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their new film and TV contract, voting 4,068 to 87 (98% to 2%) to approve the deal. Guild leaders say that gains in the new pact are valued at more than $200 million over three years, including a 46% increase in residuals from high-budget streaming shows, additional…

SAG-AFTRA said today that it expects New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill updating the right of publicity and prohibiting the distribution of digitally created, sexually explicit performances – known as "deepfakes" – without the consent of the performer. The bill was passed unanimously – 60-0 – in the New York…

The Directors Guild of America today announced that the 73rd Annual DGA Awards will take place on Saturday, April 10, 2021, the latest date for the ceremony in at least 20 years. The latest they've been held in two decades was on March 10, 2001. The 2020 awards were held on Jan. 25; last year on Feb. 1, and in 2018 on…

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has distributed over $5.5 million to more than 5,900 SAG-AFTRA members and their families since the coronavirus shutdown. "We're still asking for your help and donations, so if you're in a position to do so, please consider helping our cause," said Foundation president Courtney B. Vance in his…