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Refresh for updates…Early exuberance in Hollywood surrounding news of a new IATSE contract has dimmed somewhat, as more details about the deal negotiated with the AMPTP have emerged. Among those walking back or contextualizing their initial reactions on Saturday evening was Yvette Nicole Brown, who initially tweeted…

EXCLUSIVE: With Hollywood on edge and picket signs at the ready, IATSE and the AMPTP have reached an agreement on a new film and TV contract, averting a threatened nationwide strike. The new three-year contract, which must now be ratified by the union’s members, comes just hours before the deadline – midnight Sunday…

Just over 48 hours before the deadline for a strike that will shut most of Hollywood down, IATSE struck both optimistic and unsentimental tones this evening as talks with the AMPTP have wrapped for the day. "So, to repeat, we're still at it," Local 800 national executive director Chuck Parker told members Friday night…

In his first year working in film and TV, hair department head Barry Lee Moe (IATSE Local 706) had an experience that forever changed his perspective on the industry. After driving to set one morning on an early call, he came to learn that there had been an accident. “One of our truck drivers just didn’t make it…

EXCLUSIVE: UK broadcasting union Bectu has urged members to “do nothing to undermine the IATSE action” and say no if offered the work of a striking IATSE member. In an email sent by Bectu head Philippa Childs to thousands of UK behind-the-camera workers on Friday, seen by Deadline, the union boss said Bectu is “fully…

EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood is on the precipice tonight as talks between IATSE and the AMPTP continue in the hope of averting a strike early next week that could bring most of the industry to a standstill. "Assume there will be a strike and hope there isn't," Local 800 members were told this afternoon in the first of two…

IATSE and the AMPTP are making progress at the bargaining table, but the two sides still have a ways to go to avert a threatened strike on Monday. "We did make progress," a union source said. "Yesterday was a pretty good day, but we're not there yet, by any means." In the event of a strike, the union says that all of…

UPDATED with latest IATSE tweets: With its strike clock ticking inexorably toward 12:01 Monday morning, IATSE said today that it still hopes to make a deal with the AMPTP but warned that "if the studios want a fight, they poked the wrong bear." "Strikes are a disruptive tool workers are forced into using when all…

The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, will hold two membership town hall meetings on Thursday to discuss strike preparations and what will be expected of members if a strike begins on Monday. The meetings will be held at 7 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT. Earlier today, IATSE president Matthew Loeb said that the union will g…

UPDATED with AMPTP response, more details and text to IATSE members: IATSE president Matthew Loeb says that the union will go on strike Monday unless a deal is reached in the next few days. Loeb said the union "will continue bargaining with the producers this week in the hopes of reaching an agreement that addresses…

IATSE leaders are becoming increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of the ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract. "Despite our best efforts at the table, the pace of negotiations does not reflect the urgency of the situation," Cathy Repola, national executive director of the Editors Guild…

IATSE and the AMPTP have ended their fifth day of do-or-die contract talks and will resume bargaining for a new film and TV pact on Monday. But if a deal is to be reached, and a strike averted, it will have to be made soon. On Friday, Matt Loeb, the union’s president, said that either way, "It's a matter of days, not…