#Labor Relations Board Paves Way For Disney Animation Production Workers Unionization Election

#Labor Relations Board Paves Way For Disney Animation Production Workers Unionization Election

IATSE and The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) announced on Wednesday that the National Labor Relations Board issued a direction of election that would allow production workers of Walt Disney Animation Studios to vote on whether to unionize under IATSE. According to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the decision means that full time…

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#Fran Drescher Re-Elected SAG-AFTRA President

#Fran Drescher Re-Elected SAG-AFTRA President

In an election cycle that took place amid a historic strike, Fran Drescher has been re-elected SAG-AFTRA president. Meanwhile, Joely Fisher was re-elected the union’s secretary-treasurer. Drescher received 23,080 votes, over competitor Maya Gilbert-Dunbar’s 5,276 votes. Fisher received 19,777 votes, while challenger Pete Antico garnered 8,361 votes. The voter turnout was 22.84 percent. “I am…

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#WGA Responds to Studios’ Release of Aug. 11 Proposal: “Failed to Sufficiently Protect Writers”

#WGA Responds to Studios’ Release of Aug. 11 Proposal: “Failed to Sufficiently Protect Writers”

The Writers Guild of America clapped back late Tuesday after the studios released its Aug. 11 proposals package earlier in the evening, telling members that the offer “failed to sufficiently protect writers” and accused members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers of leading an effort “not to bargain, but to jam us.”…

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#Studios Reveal New Proposal to Striking Writers On Data Transparency, AI and Residuals

#Studios Reveal New Proposal to Striking Writers On Data Transparency, AI and Residuals

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has detailed its August 11 proposal to the Writers Guild of America on the heels of a meeting between guild leadership and Hollywood CEOs. The bargaining group is proposing to ban written material produced by generative artificial intelligence from being considered “literary material” in the contract and…

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