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SAG-AFTRA and the AFL-CIO will host their third annual Labor Innovation & Technology Summit on Friday – a full-day virtual program bringing together union, technology, entertainment and media leaders to discuss the future of work. This year's Summit will include discussions with key industry leaders & influencers…

Leaders of the Hollywood's unions today outlined their legislative agenda to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the arts, entertainment and media industries, including a call on Congress to pass a flurry of legislation to increase federal arts funding; establish diversity objectives for grant recipients; to…

Anne Feeney, a key part of the folk music movement and a committed political and labor activist, died Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Pa. from complications of Covid-19. She was 69 and her daughter, Amy Sue Berlin, announced her passing on Facebook. Feeney was a major player on the folk circuit, the first woman president of…

An all-star lineup of entertainment industry union leaders will discuss their diversity, equity and inclusion policy agenda next week during a press conference hosted by the AFL-CIO's Department of Professional Employees. The policy agenda focuses on legislative action that furthers the work the unions and guilds…

CBS’ recently opened investigation into alleged racist and sexist conduct by two of its top local TV executives is now in the spotlight of the WGA, and the guild wants a face-to-face ASAP. "The Writers Guild of America, East has reached out to CBS regarding the investigation of misconduct by executives at local CBS…

IATSE president Matthew Loeb notified President Joe Biden today that his union's members stand ready to help build vaccination sites across the country, or to convert existing entertainment venues and convention centers into vaccination sites in order to get shots into the arms of Americans as rapidly as possible. The…

More than 30 unpaid crewmembers on the indie film Please Give Me You have filed wage claims with the California Labor Commissioner's office after the production was shut down last month when its financing fell through following a Covid-19 scare on the set. The film, written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour and which…

Refresh for updates… Hollywood’s unions are celebrating today’s inauguration of a new, pro-labor president and vice president. SAG-AFTRA, which is in the process of expelling Donald Trump after its national board found "probable cause" that he violated the union's constitution, tweeted out, "Congratulations to Joe Bide…

Actors' Equity has condemned President Donald Trump's "outrageous" proposal to freeze $110 million in the 2021 budget for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The proposed freeze is part of the $27.4 billion in government programs Trump is trying to stall in his last days…

Actors struggling with the career and personal effects of the coronavirus pandemic got some practical advice and sound wisdom from actor Amir Talai and a group of talent agents, experts and SAG-AFTRA insiders who gathered Wednesday night for an online forum called "Our Industry and the Covid Surge." "The majority of…

Editors note: It’s been 10 months since live entertainment went dark at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and it may be another 10 months before live venues can safely reopen. Participating in a virtual conference held Saturday by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that by…

Actors' Equity has temporarily paused its consideration of safety plans for live theater productions in California as the state battles unprecedented infection rates of Covid-19. The union, which represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers nationwide, noted that there are currently no…