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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David White, Former SAG-AFTRA Leader, Elected Interim Exec Director of NFL Players Association

David White, Former SAG-AFTRA Leader, Elected Interim Exec Director of NFL Players Association

The NFL Players Association has elected a veteran entertainment labor figure as its interim leader after former executive director Lloyd Howell resigned in July. On Sunday the players’ union announced that they had appointed former SAG-AFTRA national executive director David White to the vacant leadership position following a “a comprehensive, player-led process.” The move follows…

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Matthew Loeb Re-Elected IATSE International President at Union Convention

Matthew Loeb Re-Elected IATSE International President at Union Convention

IATSE delegates have re-elected the crew union’s longtime international president Matthew Loeb and a host of other incumbent leaders after they ran unopposed. Loeb, general secretary-treasurer James B. Wood and 13 international vice presidents were re-appointed at the union’s quadrennial convention in Honolulu on Thursday. Loeb, a former scenic artist and shopperson who worked on…

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SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle…

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New Report Portrays California’s Film and TV Production Environment as Uniquely Burdensome and Expensive

New Report Portrays California’s Film and TV Production Environment as Uniquely Burdensome and Expensive

California is a uniquely expensive and complex setting for film and television productions, and outdated processes are scaring away badly needed shoots and the jobs they provide, according to a new report from the Milken Institute. “A Hollywood Reset: Restoring Stability in the California Entertainment Industry” paints a bleak picture of a production environment in…

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