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Hollywood Labor Backs AI Transparency Bill That Could Offer Firepower to Creators
As generative artificial intelligence tools push into the entertainment industry, Hollywood is throwing its weight behind a bill that will require heightened transparency from AI companies. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, will require firms to disclose copyrighted works used to train generative AI systems. If the bill passes, OpenAI, for […]
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Workers at Cinema Village, One of New York’s Oldest Art Theaters, Launch Unionization Drive
Another group of workers at a storied New York cinema is launching a unionization effort with the United Auto Workers. Following the recent success of organizing drives at Film Forum, Anthology Film Archives and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park, employees at Cinema Village in Greenwich Village petitioned on Friday for a union election with the […]
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IATSE Local 871 Reaches a Tentative Agreement on Craft-Specific Issues
IATSE Local 871 — the Hollywood crew union that bargains of behalf of script supervisors, art department coordinators and accountants, among others — has reached a tentative deal with studios and streamers on its craft-specific issues. The Local reached a provisional agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Wednesday night after […]
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DreamWorks Animation Production Workers Vote to Join the Animation and Editors Guilds
DreamWorks Animation production workers are joining their artist and technician colleagues in being represented by the Animation Guild and their editor colleagues in being represented by the Motion Picture Editors Guild. In an election with the National Labor Relations Board, 94 production workers who work on television and feature films at the brand voted to […]
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International Cinematographers Guild, Reel Works Partner for Loader Training Program (Exclusive)
Education and workforce development organization Reel Works has joined forces with the International Cinematographers Guild on its latest initiative for aspiring filmmakers, the IATSE Local 600 loader training program. Between Feb. 6 and March 1, the Brooklyn-based nonprofit schooled 12 New York-based trainees on tasks and skills required of digital and film loaders in the […]
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Dodger Stadium Tour Guides, Busier Than Ever in Shohei Ohtani Era, Vote to Unionize
As the Dodgers’ first year with Shohei Ohtani brings a new wave of fans to Vin Scully Avenue, tour guides at the nearly 62-year-old stadium have voted to unionize. During a National Labor Relations Board election on Tuesday afternoon, 18 tour guides voted “yes” to unionize and 12 voted against. As a result, pending NLRB […]
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Musicians Vote to Ratify New Contract With Studios, Including Streaming Residuals
Members of the American Federation of Musicians voted to ratify the union’s agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The agreement, which covers basic theatrical motion picture and basic television motion picture contracts, gives musicians streaming residuals for the first time, as well as protections against artificial intelligence, according to AFM. In […]
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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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Journalists’ and Writers’ Unions Call on Congress to Consider Threats to Their Work in AI Legislation
Major unions representing U.S. journalists, writers and other creative professionals are calling on Congress to make these workers’ needs a “core priority” in any upcoming artificial intelligence legislation. Presidents of the Writers Guild of America East and West, The NewsGuild and the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians wrote to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) […]
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IATSE Local 695 Reaches Tentative Deal With Studios on Craft-Specific Issues
Another IATSE Local says it has reached an agreement with studios and streamers on issues specific to its members. “Today, our Local’s Bargaining Committee sat down with representatives from the AMPTP and reached a tentative agreement in our Local negotiations,” IATSE Local 695 — which represents production sound crew members, video engineers and projectionists — told […]
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Universal City AMC Workers Vote to Unionize With IATSE
Workers at the Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood have officially voted to unionize with IATSE. In an election that took place March 15 and 16, 37 employees voted in favor of joining the Hollywood crew union and six voted against, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Ushers, cooks, bartenders and all other non-management employees of […]
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SAG-AFTRA Performers Ratify TV Animation Contracts
SAG-AFTRA members have ratified new three-year television animation contracts covering voice actors, the first to tackle the threat of artificial intelligence. In a ratification vote that ended on Friday, 95.52 percent of members voted to support the Television Animation Agreement and the Basic Cable Animation Agreement deal reached by union negotiators and 4.48 percent voted […]
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