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December 18, 2024

Live Performance’s New Union Wave Goes Way Beyond Broadway

Douglas Corzine Jacobin

From planetarium lecturers to performers at strip clubs and escape rooms, Actors’ Equity is organizing live entertainment workers far beyond traditional musicals. The union’s strategy could be crucial as unions brace for a potential anti-labor admin

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August 6, 2023

Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation Production Staff File To Unionize

Susana Polo Polygon

The effort by Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation production staff filing to unionize was sparked by Warner Bros. recent reorganization

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July 23, 2023

Unauthorized AI-Generated ‘South Park’ Episode Leaves WGA and SAG Strikers Enraged: “Straight to Hell”

Raven Brunner Decider

While the specific program is new, this isn’t the first time artificial intelligence has created a version of a television program, and it likely won’t be the last.

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June 12, 2022

TV and Movie Music Supervisors Are Looking To Unionize

Andrew Limbong NPR

Kate Bush's recent resurgence due to her placement in the latest season of Stranger Things is just one example of what a music supervisor brings to a production.

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