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Hollywood has tweaked its return-to-work protocols as more and more films and TV shows have had to pause production after members of their casts and crews tested positive for Covid-19. Under a new agreement that took effect November 30, producers will now have to notify the unions of positive test results on their…

SAG-AFTRA is holding webinars for members and their representatives about the return-to-work protocols adopted earlier this week by management's AMPTP and Hollywood's guilds and unions. A webinar for SAG-AFTRA members has just concluded, and another for their agents, managers and attorneys is scheduled for 1 p.m. PT…

UPDATED with highlights of the deal and quotes: Hollywood’s unions and management’s AMPTP finally have an agreement to return to work in the coronavirus era. Union sources say the deal took much longer to reach than they would have liked or expected. The agreement means that the studios, networks, major companies and…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA has told Hollywood's talent agents that return-to-work talks with management's AMPTP have stalled because the companies are refusing to spring for COVID-19 quarantine pay for series regulars and other film and TV performers. The union held what was billed as an "emergency" Zoom meeting with agents…

As negotiations between labor and management enter the home stretch for a final return-to-work agreement, SAG-AFTRA has issued a set of questions and answers about the "Safe Way Forward" protocols established by the industry’s unions and guilds on June 12 – including four of the issues that are still outstanding in…

UPDATED with highlights of the deal and quotes: Hollywood's unions and management's AMPTP finally have an agreement to return to work in the coronavirus era. Union sources say the deal took much longer to reach than they would have liked or expected. The agreement means that the studios, networks, major companies and…

Leaders of the Art Directors Guild are blaming management's AMPTP for the delay in finalizing procedures for a safe return to work amid the coronavirus pandemic. On July 24, the Art Directors Guild – IATSE Local 800 – released its own protocols "in the absence of an industry-wide agreement" with the Alliance of Motion…

The SAG-AFTRA executive committee has unanimously approved the union's new Television Animation Agreements, which will now be sent with a recommended "yes vote" to the members for ratification. The new three-year pact, which will be retroactive to July 1, covers animated programs produced for television, including…

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said most employees won’t be returning to offices this year as the company rethinks its plans amid a COVID-19 resurgence and focuses on restarting production, which he called “critical.” Production, he said in a memo to staff on Wednesday, “generally has to be done in person and is the…

Writers Guild of America leaders have endorsed the union’s tentative deal negotiated this week with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. In an email message this morning (read it below), union leaders said that “both the WGAW Board and WGAE Council voted unanimously to recommend the…

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris is urging the members to vote yes to ratify the union’s new film and TV contract, saying in a video message to her members today that the pact "is the most lucrative deal we have ever negotiated. It’s valued at $318 million over the three year term of the contract. That’s an…

The WGA said tonight that it had to "fight off significant writer-centric rollbacks," in its now-completed negotiations for a new film and TV contract, which the guild said "would have been very damaging.” The new pact, which was reached in the early morning hours today, contains many of the guild’s terms, but also…