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DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter today joined the chorus of Hollywood union leaders condemning the Supreme Court’s draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and let states decide whether or not to ban abortions. “I am appalled that the Supreme Court stands ready to disregard 50 years of precedent and eliminate a…

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Rhine, who has served as national executive director of the International Cinematographers Guild since December 2015, is stepping down when her contract expires at the end of September. Rhine, IATSE Local 600’s first female executive director, explained in a letter to the guild's elected officials…

Hollywood’s unions have reached an agreement with management’s AMPTP on revised Covid-19 protocols. In a statement, the unions said that the new agreement “creates a more flexible set of protocols for areas of the United States and Canada with low Covid hospital admissions, while maintaining core elements to keep sets…

The WGA is gearing up for a showdown with the major companies next year. In his annual report, WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson told his members that the WGA East and West "have a lot of work to do at the bargaining table next year … to ensure that our members can sustain meaningful careers as the industry…

SAG-AFTRA members have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new $1 billion-a-year set of commercials contracts that the union says is valued at an additional $120 million for members over the three-year span of the contracts. The vote, which was 92,25% in favor, was in line with last month’s vote of the national board…

SAG-AFTRA and IATSE have added their voices to the growing chorus of Hollywood unions condemning the draft Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade, calling it “deplorable and alarming.” "Everyone should be able to access the healthcare they need,” the actors guild said in a statement Thursday. “The draft S…

Despite a precipitous 36% decline in the number of scripted television episodes produced during the worst days of the Covid pandemic, the percentage of women and people of color who directed them reached record highs in the 2020-21 season. According to the latest DGA Inclusion Report, 38% of the episodes in the…

The WGA East has joined the WGA West in condemning the draft of a Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade and is urging producers to "carefully consider" not filming in states that ban abortion. In a statement on Thursday, the governing Council of the WGA East said that it "condemns the leaked draft of…

The WGA West is calling on Hollywood to consider not shooting films and TV shows in states that ban abortions. The move comes in the wake of a leaked draft opinion by a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade and let states decide whether to ban abortions. "In light of the leaked Supreme…

Production workers at ShadowMachine, the Los Angeles-based animation house behind BoJack Horseman, Final Space and Human Discoveries, have voted to unionize with the Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839. The 6,000-member guild already represents the animators who work there. Subject to an independent verification of the…

Despite the pandemic, SAG-AFTRA member’s earnings hit a record high in 2021, even when adjusted for inflation, the union said following its national board meeting on Saturday. The union's made-for new media, animation, sound recordings and audiobook contracts all set inflation-adjusted records. "The rebound and growth…

Hollywood's unions have agreed to extend the film and TV industry’s current Covid safety protocols until a new agreement can be reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. The protocols had been set to expire on Saturday. The extension was agreed to by the DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, the Teamsters…