#More IATSE Locals Reach Tentative Agreements With Studios on Craft-Specific Issues

#More IATSE Locals Reach Tentative Agreements With Studios on Craft-Specific Issues

Two more Locals of Hollywood’s major crew union have reached tentative agreements on their craft-specific issues with studios and streamers, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. IATSE Local 80 struck a provisional deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major Hollywood companies in bargaining, on Thursday night. Local 80 represents grips,…

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#Crew Unions Seek to Instill “More Protection, Reliability and Predictability” As Labor Negotiations Begin

#Crew Unions Seek to Instill “More Protection, Reliability and Predictability” As Labor Negotiations Begin

At the close of their first day of 2024 bargaining with studios and streamers, Hollywood’s major crew unions told members that talks are expected to continue for the rest of the week. IATSE and the Hollywood Basic Crafts coalition (consisting of Locals with the Teamsters, IBEW, LiUNA!, OPCMIA and UA) entered discussions with the Alliance…

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#Hollywood’s Influential Crew Whisperer Opens Up

#Hollywood’s Influential Crew Whisperer Opens Up

In 2021, an Instagram account emerged that harnessed the frustration of crewmembers fed up with the status quo of sprawling hours on film and television sets. Debuting Aug. 1 of that year, IATSE Stories (@ia_stories) shared anonymous tales of workplace conditions from self-described crewmembers in stark black-and-white. The often-shocking stories shared on the page — ranging…

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#SAG-AFTRA Board Approves New Contract

#SAG-AFTRA Board Approves New Contract

SAG-AFTRA‘s national board has approved the tentative agreement between the actors union and studios and streamers that ended the 118-day actors strike. The board voted to accept the deal with 86 percent approval, national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said at a press conference Friday. Members of the 160,000-strong union will vote on ratification of the…

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