As streaming content has boomed, the Writers Guild of America says that new media models like Netflix and other online platforms have steadily eroded workers' pay and writers' ability to earn a living in Hollywood. Some 11,500 members are on strike.
Hollywood’s guilds and unions saved the film and TV business in 2021.
President faces disciplinary hearing after Hollywood union finds he “violated the union’s Constitution”.
Changes to the guild’s cash-strapped health plan could force thousands of seniors off their coverage in the middle of a pandemic.
The victory of the workers at Lovestruck marks the first successful game worker strike in the video game industry’s history.
While some in the labor movement are seeking to distance themselves, most are supportive even as they call for reforms.
A wave of workers-first rhetoric is sweeping through pop. Can SAG-AFTRA and the AFM capitalize on it? This clearly poses a challenge to these unions. It’s crucial for these organizations to exploit the growing militancy of their potential membership.
The gig economy is a disaster for workers. Hollywood’s unions can help them learn to fight back.
As recently as 2015, Donald Trump was still collecting a $168,000
pension — and maybe more — from the Screen Actors Guild
for playing himself in The Apprentice. Now that Trump is about to be president, the most
important question is: What is Trump's plan to save the
system that is designed to protect millions of union pensions like his own?
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