‘Harlan County, USA’ Director Barbara Kopple Isn’t Done With Labor Just Yet

‘Harlan County, USA’ Director Barbara Kopple Isn’t Done With Labor Just Yet

When documentarian Barbara Kopple directs a film about the labor movement, she tends to go big. With 1976’s Harlan County, USA, she documented the dramatic 13-month strike waged by Kentucky coal miners against the Eastover Mining Company, filming armed standoffs and violent altercations between workers and management. In 1990’s American Dream Kopple tackled the failed…

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Writers Guild Reaches Tentative Four-Year Deal With Studios

Writers Guild Negotiations Priorities Approved by Members: Health Plan Funding, AI and Compensation

Members of the Writers Guild of America have approved a slate of contract priorities in upcoming labor negotiations with studios and streamers that includes shoring up the union’s health plan, expanding AI protections and improving compensation. More than 97 percent of participating union members voted to approve the bargaining slate ahead of negotiations starting with…

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Sundance Institute Workers Seek Unionization

Sundance Institute Workers Seek Unionization

Three months ahead of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, the workers of the Sundance Institute are launching a unionization effort. Over 40 staffers at the Sundance Institute are seeking unionization with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9003. The workers have asked management at the non-profit to voluntarily recognize the union by this Friday, Oct…

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