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Dave Chappelle Controversy Now Sees Netflix Hit With “Unfair Labor Charge” By Fired & Suspended Staffers
The blast radius from the controversy over Dave Chappelle's repeated remarks about the trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his Netflix special The Closer has now extended further as the National Labor Relations Board is reviewing bruising charges of "unfair labor practices" against the streamer.
Naming co-CEO Ted Sarandos…
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CNN Agrees To Settle Union Lawsuit For $70 Million
CNN has reached a tentative agreement with a union representing camera operators, broadcast engineers and other technicians over a lawsuit first filed in 2004.
The settlement, which Deadline has confirmed is worth more than $70 million, must still be approved by the National Labor Relations Board.
The union, the…
Peacock Productions Votes To Unionize, Count (Finally) Shows
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…
NLRB Dismisses Complaint Vs. Actors Equity In 99-Seat Theatre Dispute
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…
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By David Robb
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Ballots To Finally Be Counted In WGA’s Bid To Unionize Peacock Productions Producers
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…
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By David Robb
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NLRB Dismisses Charges That Hollywood Teamsters Rigged Contract Vote
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…
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By David Robb
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Feds Probing Claim That Hollywood Teamsters Rigged Contract Vote; Local’s Chief Says, “It’s Political”
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…
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By David Robb
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Jane Street Producers Vote To Join WGA East After Company Brass Urged Against It
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…
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By David Robb
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Feds Cite CNN’s “Anti-Union Animus”, Reject Latest Appeal In Worker Firings
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…
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By David Robb
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ITV Accused Of Unfair Labor Practices By WGA East
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…
WGA East Certified As Reps For Sharp Entertainment’s Reality TV Staff
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…
Sharp Entertainment’s Reality TV Staff, WGA East File For NLRB Election
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…
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By Jen Yamato
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