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EXCLUSIVE: Amid allegations of "union-busting," the office staff at the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, will vote this month in a contentious battle over whether they want to be represented by a union. In early June, a slim majority of the bargaining unit – which now stands at 28 – signed union representation…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Jane Austin, who's currently the guild's national secretary-treasurer, has a plan to fix the union. She tells Deadline that SAG-AFTRA "has lost its way in its core mission – to serve and protect the needs of the entire membership, all 25 locals, all categories, so they can…

Employees of the Committee to Protect Journalists have decided that they need union protection themselves. More than 90% of the 30-member staff have signed union cards asking to be represented by the WGA East, and CPJ's management has agreed voluntarily to recognize the guild as their staff's collective bargaining…

Workplace discrimination based on hairstyle is now prohibited under a new California state law just signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom signed the bill earlier this week to legally protects people in workplaces and K-12 public schools from discrimination based on their natural hair. The new law takes effect Jan. 1 and…

CNN has reached a tentative agreement with a union representing camera operators, broadcast engineers and other technicians over a lawsuit first filed in 2004. The settlement, which Deadline has confirmed is worth more than $70 million, must still be approved by the National Labor Relations Board. The union, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Enforcement of a new California law that requires child actors to receive training in sexual harassment prevention has been put on hold "due to the current unavailability of third-party vendors and applicable materials," according to the state Labor Commissioner's office. Sources tell Deadline that two…

David Young, executive director of the WGA West, is now Hollywood's highest-paid union leader, earning a salary of $723,500 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, according to financial documents the guild filed Thursday with the U.S. Department of Labor. For now, that puts him slightly ahead of David White…

UPDATED with more details: The American Federation of Musicians delivered a petition to management's AMPTP on Thursday demanding a fair contract. More than 100 musicians marched to the front doors of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, where they were not allowed entrance. "They are in this…

The union for Broadway’s musicians announced a three-year bargaining agreement with producers today, a pact the union says features the largest wage increase in two decades. The agreement was announced by the Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM and marks a collective bargaining agreement with the Br…

UPDATED with Endeavor statement: The WGA told the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday that Endeavor's IPO registration last month inaccurately reported its client numbers, a claim Endeavor has rejected. "In its IPO Registration Statement, Endeavor claims to represent over 6,000 clients including the 'world's…

Thomas Schlamme was re-elected president of the Directors Guild of America by acclamation today by the delegates to the guild's biennial convention. The Emmy-winning West Wing director was first elected in 2017. "It is my honor to once again accept the position of President of the Directors Guild of America," he said…

Last Friday, members of the negotiating committees of the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents met for the first time since talks between the two sides had broken off on April 12. After the ATA presented its new franchise agreement proposals, WGA West Executive Director David Young told the…