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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Directors Guild Promotes Mitchell Schwenz to Executive in Charge of Communications

Directors Guild Promotes Mitchell Schwenz to Executive in Charge of Communications

The Directors Guild of America is elevating its in-house public relations staffer ahead of the union’s 2026 negotiations with top studios and streamers. The union announced that it was appointing Mitchell Schwenz its executive in charge of communications on Monday. Schwenz, who joined the guild in 2024, was previously the union’s public relations director. In…

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Sean Astin Elected SAG-AFTRA President

Sean Astin Elected SAG-AFTRA President

Sean Astin followed in the footsteps of his mother Patty Duke on Friday as he was elected SAG-AFTRA president 37 years after she left the post. The Lord of the Rings actor will preside over the sprawling 160,000-member union alongside his running mate Michelle Hurd, who was appointed secretary-treasurer. Astin won nearly 80 percent of…

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