Peacock Productions has voted in favor of unionizing with the WGA East, a result that comes more than three years after writers and producers at the NBCUniversal reality/nonfiction production subsidiary first cast their ballots. NBC and Peacock had filed an appeal with the National Labor Relations Board after the…

The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed an unfair labor practices charge filed against Actors’ Equity by opponents of the union's plan to require small theatres in Los Angeles to pay their actors at least minimum wage. Some smaller playhouses here pay their actors as little as $7 a day, and opponents of the…

The National Labor Relations Board has finally ordered the counting of ballots cast more than three years ago to determine whether reality show producers at NBC News’ Peacock Productions want to be represented by the WGA East. Writer-producers at the NBCUniversal subsidiary filed a motion for union election with the…

The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed allegations that Hollywod’s Teamsters local rigged last year’s contract ratification vote. Local 399 Secretary-Treasurer Steve Dayan had contented that the charges were "frivolous" and politically motivated. "I'm very pleased that the board recognized that Local 399's…

The National Labor Relations Board is investigating allegations that Hollywood Teamsters Local 399 rigged the ratification vote on its recent film and TV contract, which was overwhelmingly approved by the members in July. The local's leader, Steve Dayan, flatly denies the charges, calling them "frivolous" and without…

Freelance producers and associate producers at Jane Street Entertainment have voted overwhelmingly to join the WGA East. Despite pleas from the company's owners to reject union representation, the freelancers voted 46-3 to join the guild, and the National Labor Relations Board now has certified the guild as their…

CNN has lost another round in the broadcast industry's longest-running labor dispute – a battle that's been going on so long that some of the workers wrongfully terminated by the news network 12 years ago have died before they could be rehired, as ordered by the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB has rejected…

The Writers Guild of America, East has filed unfair labor practices charges against ITV at the National Labor Relations Board. In the filing, WGAE alleges that the UK-owned television production company has failed to bargain in good faith and has violated federal labor law. From the WGAE statement: The unfair labor…

Almost three months after 150 writers and producers from Sharp Entertainment filed for a National Labor Relations Board election to join the WGA East, they've become union members. Ballots for an election held last month were counted February 3, the guild said today. The now-members work or recently worked as staffers…

A group of 150 current and recent writers, producers, and associate producers working at reality TV producer Sharp Entertainment filed today for an National Labor Relations Board election to join the Writers Guild of America East. They seek to establish basic standards including health care, minimum rates, overtime…