The employees behind the famously hard-charging labor organization say they want a workplace where “our voices are heard” and “our work is valued.”| The Hollywood Reporter
Around 81 percent of the bargaining unit voted to join the Pacific Northwest Staff Union in a card count that took place Tuesday.| The Hollywood Reporter
Edward Drake, who is also a director, explains why he is one of four union members challenging their discipline following the second-longest work stoppage in the union’s history.| The Hollywood Reporter
The union is claiming the company has engaged in bad-faith bargaining, with one leader saying “management has consistently shown up late and unprepared to bargaining sessions.”| The Hollywood Reporter
The ‘Titan: The OceanGate Disaster’ production company, meanwhile, still remains locked in negotiations with the Editors Guild on a separate union agreement.| The Hollywood Reporter
The union’s current vice president was selected by a nominating committee to pursue the top job after current member leader Meredith Stiehm termed out.| The Hollywood Reporter
The laborers’ union in Hollywood is backing the push, which will be watched closely by early-career workers on other scripted shows.| The Hollywood Reporter
The Montclair, New Jersey-based Garden Slate Productions has inked a contract with the Writers Guild of America East that has revealed the expanding boundaries of the union.| The Hollywood Reporter
In 2022, staffers at the ‘Call of Duty’ developer became the first to unionize within major video game holding company Activision Blizzard.| The Hollywood Reporter
Dishwashers, cooks and cashiers are withholding their labor while claiming that their employer, Bon Appetit Management Company, has “failed to come to a fair agreement” with their union.| The Hollywood Reporter
The former entertainment labor leader is stepping in on a temporary basis after former staff leader Lloyd Howell resigned in a cloud of scandal.| The Hollywood Reporter
The legislation, championed by unions and production advocates that have been raising the alarm on the state’s anemic production levels, now moves to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for final approval.| The Hollywood Reporter
The arcade workers were voluntarily recognized, joining organizing efforts that began last fall at the immersive restaurant.| The Hollywood Reporter
In a joint statement, general president Sean O’Brien and motion picture division leader Lindsay Dougherty called the notion a “strong step toward finally reining in the studios’ un-American addiction to outsourcing our members’ work.”| The Hollywood Reporter
Across the industry, contraction, layoffs, sales and labor unrest remind of 2008 — but insiders are less optimistic this time.| The Hollywood Reporter
After meeting with CEOs Bob Iger, Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav and AMPTP head Carol Lombardini on Tuesday evening, the WGA rebuked the AMPTP’s current offer, saying it "failed to sufficiently protect writers."| The Hollywood Reporter
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of Hollywood companies with labor groups, released a six-page memo laying out the offer on Tuesday night.| The Hollywood Reporter
In a complaint filed Tuesday, Devyn LaBella claims that union and contractual rules were breached when she was allegedly subjected to perform an impromptu scene of sexual violence without an intimacy coordinator.| The Hollywood Reporter
Julie Bush, who was found guilty by a trial of her peers of having engaged in conduct “prejudicial to the welfare of the guild” but not of violating the 2023 strike rules, says her appeals process has been “devastating.”| The Hollywood Reporter
Union members voted to confirm three out of four punishments applied to union members for allegedly breaking rules of the work stoppage.| The Hollywood Reporter
The actor, filmmaker and studio owner is raising the alarm about the impact of the tech, saying, "I feel like everybody in the industry is running a hundred miles an hour to try and catch up, to try and put in guardrails."| The Hollywood Reporter