DGA To Negotiate On SAG And AFTRA’s Heels
The Directors Guild announced on its web site today that it will begin negotiations with the AMPTP (studio alliance) in mid-November, which is immediately after the scheduled end of 45 days of...
View ArticleHey, Good Lookin’: Scripps Cooks Up A New Food Channel
Scripps Networks Interactive, which also owns the Food Network, decided preemptively to create an edgier second eatery before a competitor could swoop in and steal its lunch, not to mention its...
View ArticleSilly Lawsuit Against SAG Dismissed, and More
Remember the lawsuit that former SAG president Alan Rosenberg and three other Membership First members (1st VP Anne-Marie Johnson and board members Diane Ladd and Kent McCord) filed against their own...
View ArticleMusicians Play A New (Media) Tune
In the “While you were out” department, the American Federation of Musicians and the studios signed a new deal . . . four months ago. But don’t feel like we’re late to the party — the deal doesn’t seem...
View ArticleTransportation Strike Could Paralyze Hollywood
Believe it or not, Hollywood may be headed for another work stoppage in just two weeks. In 2007-08, the Writers Guild struck, shuttering television and film production. In 2008-09, a Screen Actors...
View ArticleTeamsters, Studios Fail To Break Stalemate
Talks between the studios and Hollywood Teamsters Local 399 ended late Friday night with no movement and no new negotiating sessions scheduled. The union will meet in Burbank early Sunday morning,...
View ArticleHollywood Teamsters Blink First, Accept Studios’ Contract
In a surprising development, Hollywood Teamsters leaders at a standing room only membership meeting Sunday morning asked the membership to ratify a two-year contract proposed by the studios. The...
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SAG Feels Its Own Labor Pains
Image via Wikipedia Labor unrest is hitting SAG close to home. Negotiations between the actors guild and Teamsters Local 986, which represents more than 40 of SAG’s Los Angeles-based business...
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