Gregory Hessinger to Replace Carol Lombardini at AMPTP As Hollywood’s Top Negotiator With Labor

Gregory Hessinger to Replace Carol Lombardini at AMPTP As Hollywood’s Top Negotiator With Labor

For the first time in 15 years, the powerful but discreet organization that negotiates union contracts on behalf of Hollywood’s major studios and streamers has named a new leader. Gregory Hessinger has been selected to helm the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers as former president Carol Lombardini steps into an advisory position. The…

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#SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike: Union Says Latest AI Proposals From Studios Contain “Alarming Loopholes”

#SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike: Union Says Latest AI Proposals From Studios Contain “Alarming Loopholes”

SAG-AFTRA has been on strike against major video game studios for more than seven months, and the two sides don’t seem to be particularly close to making a deal. That’s the impression that negotiators for the performers’ union gave to members in a message on Tuesday that warned that the companies’ latest proposals contained “alarming…

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#How Hollywood’s Major Crew Union Chief Thinks About Keeping Production In L.A. — And What Help Is Needed

#How Hollywood’s Major Crew Union Chief Thinks About Keeping Production In L.A. — And What Help Is Needed

The fires that ravaged Los Angeles County earlier this year have supercharged calls to bring more production back to Southern California after a period of notable decline. Much of this advocacy has played out on social media and in the press. On Instagram industry figures like cinematographer and director Rachel Morrison (Mudbound) and star Vin…

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#Three Animation Guild Negotiating Committee Members Say They’re Voting “No” on Controversial Tentative Deal

#Three Animation Guild Negotiating Committee Members Say They’re Voting “No” on Controversial Tentative Deal

Tensions over The Animation Guild‘s controversial new tentative contract spilled into public view on Tuesday as the ratification vote for the deal began. Three members of the union’s negotiating committee posted on social media that they personally will be voting “no” on the tentative contract that they helped to bargain, primarily due to concerns about…

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#Teamsters Casting Negotiations Pause Without Deal

#Teamsters Casting Negotiations Pause Without Deal

Negotiations for a new contract for Teamsters-represented casting directors paused on Friday without a deal, the union announced. Negotiations for around 700 casting workers based in Los Angeles and New York were originally set to conclude at the end of the week, but the union stated additional bargaining sessions would be scheduled before the current…

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