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EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood's unions are hurting. Membership dues, their largest source of revenue, have plummeted during the pandemic as a result of massive job losses and dues relief they've provided to their members. Annual financial reports that have just been filed with the Department of Labor show that entertainment…

Marjo Bernay, the trailblazing labor leader and feminist activist who once led three Los Angeles-based IATSE locals and served on the board of another, died Sunday of heart disease. She was 79. During her more than 40 years in the labor movement, she was the business agent of Illustrators & Matte Artists Local 790…

Labor and management continue to make progress in their ongoing negotiations to restart film and TV production, said Editors Guild national executive director Cathy Repola in her latest message to her members. "Progress is being made, but there are detailed issues still to address," she said, noting that "negotiations…

The history of labor unions and social change in America are obviously deeply entwined. Now a portion of that alliance is marching to increasing inclusion and opportunity in Hollywood with studios, streamers and Tyler Perry. The Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700 has teamed up with SunWise Media co-founder Ri-Karlo Handy…

Just when you thought that guidelines for the film and TV industry's safe return to work were in place and ready to implement, Cathy Repola, executive director of the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, says that those protocols "are still in the works." In a video message to her members today, she said: "We are still in…

The Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, has issued its protocols for the safe return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including a "guiding principle" that "employers are prohibited from asking or otherwise requiring any crew to sign liability waivers." The guild's craft-specific recommendations are in addition to the…

The Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, is putting the "final touches" on its plans for restarting the post-production business, said Cathy Repola, the guild's national executive director, in her latest video message to her members. The guild's craft-specific protocols, like those being drawn up by the industry's other…

The film and TV industry still has "a long way to go" before it can reopen safely, according to Cathy Repola, national executive director of the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700. "There's been much discussion on Facebook and a lot of articles being published about what it'll look like when everybody returns to work and…

The Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, has reduced union dues by 50% for all members for the second quarter of 2020. The move was taken after a unanimous vote of the guild's board of directors, meeting remotely, in response to the industry's COVID-19 shutdown. "We are indeed facing an unprecedented crisis, certainly…

Cathy Repola, national executive director of the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, has had her contract extended for another five years. Repola, who has held a series of top jobs at the guild since 1992, has been in her current post since 2016. Her contract was extended by the guild's board of directors. Last year, she…

Former Los Angeles Times reporter Scott Collins has been hired as communications director for the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700. In the newly created post, Collins will serve as the editor of the guild's quarterly magazine, CineMontage, and its related website as well as the guild's social media platforms. Tomm…

Cathy Repola, national executive director of IATSE Editors Guild Local 700, has told her members that despite what other IATSE local leaders are telling their members, the continuing decline in the funding percentage of the Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan "is cause for justifiable concern — and something on which…