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Upcoming negotiations for a new film and TV contract covering members of Hollywood's Teamsters Local 399 "will be more difficult than usual, as the companies try to make up for Covid losses on our backs," Local 399 leader Steve Dayan said in a message to his members. The union's current contract had been set to expire…

Matt Loeb, running unopposed, was re-elected Thursday to a new four-year term as president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees during the union's 69th Quadrennial Convention. Loeb, who's been president of IATSE since 2008, has run unopposed at each of the previous three conventions: in 2009…

IATSE is talking tough in advance of next month's resumption of negotiations with management's Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for a new film and TV contract, with the union and the leaders of its 13 West Coast studio locals demanding livable wages, shorter workdays and sustainable benefits for…

2ND UPDATE with more details and reaction, 9:17 PM:: Mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations on film and TV productions now will be allowed, on a restricted basis, under a new agreement reached Monday between Hollywood’s unions and the major companies. The new protocols, they said in a joint statement, will give producers…

The SAG-AFTRA presidential contest will be a two-person race for the first time since 2015, with no third-party or independent candidates vying for the union's top elected post and splitting the votes. Only Fran Drescher and Matthew Modine qualified as presidential candidates this time, and only their running mates…

The Walt Disney Co. plans to move most Southern California-based jobs not fully dedicated to Disneyland in its Parks, Experiences and Products Division to a new regional facility in central Florida, it announced on Thursday. “I want to share news about an exciting project that has been in various stages of planning…

IATSE Stagehands Local 33 sees a "booming" return of live entertainment events to Los Angeles, even though Covid-19 cases have surged here in recent days. Health officials say the recent spike in new coronavirus infections is driven almost entirely by the unvaccinated and by the spread of the virus’ Delta…

IATSE will convene its 69th Quadrennial Convention on July 27, concluding two days later with the election of officers "if necessary," the union said today. Elections are only necessary if there is a challenger to an incumbent, which hasn't been the case at each of the last three conventions, dating back to 2009. The…

MSNBC and the WGA East have reached an agreement to hold an election to determine whether the writers and producers on all of the network's shows want to be represented by the guild. The election, which will be supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, involves 315 writers, producers, booking producers, fact…

EXCLUSIVE: The former business representative of IATSE Local 480 in Santa Fe, NM, has accused the local's president, Liz Pecos, of "unwelcome sexual advances" and of creating a "sexually hostile work environment" – allegations that Pecos and the local deny "in the strongest terms possible." Stephen Geass, who resigned…

IATSE and management's AMPTP have agreed to push back next week's scheduled resumption of bargaining for a new film and TV contract until mid-August to allow time for the producers and Hollywood's unions to work out a new agreement on modifications to the industry's Covid-19 return-to-work protocols. Bargaining for a…

Actors' Equity says that fully vaccinated theater companies now can dispense with masking and Covid-19 testing mandates. The live-theater union's newly updated protocols will remain in effect through the end of September. "The health and safety of our members comes first," said Equity president Kate Shindle. "We are…