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IATSE and Teamsters begin negotiations with studios and streamers in March

By Reel 360 Jan 31, 2024

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Hollywood Basic Crafts, which encompasses Teamsters Local 399, International Brotherhood of Electrical ...

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SAG-AFTRA continues Interactive Media Agreement Talks

By Reel 360 Oct 19, 2023

The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) recently took center stage at New York Comic Con, where members of the Interactive Me...

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Video Games: Actors vote in favor of strike authorization

By Reel 360 Sep 26, 2023

SAG-AFTRA members have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike authorization on the Interactive Media Agreement, which governs their work in the video game industry. ...

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Marvel Studios’ VFX workers vote to unionize

By Reel 360 Sep 13, 2023

In a historic move, the Visual Effects (VFX) Workers at Marvel Studios have unanimously voted in favor of unionizing with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employ...

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Fran Drescher re-elected as SAG-AFTRA President

By Reel 360 Sep 9, 2023

In the latest national officers election for SAG-AFTRA, members have voted to re-elect two top-ranking officers, Fran Drescher as president and Joely Fisher as secretary-treas...

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IATSE launches union for freelance production workers

By Reel 360 Sep 8, 2023

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) proudly announced the chartering of a pioneering national Local: The Production Workers Guild Local 111. ...

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Marvel Studios VFX Workers move to join IATSE

By Reel 360 Aug 7, 2023

The VFX crew at Marvel Studios has taken a historic step by filing for a unionization election with the National Labor Relations Board. If successful, this move would mark the...

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TV Commercial Workers certify majority support for unionization

By Reel 360 Jul 27, 2023

In a major development, freelance workers in production departments for TV commercials across the United States have achieved a significant victory in their efforts to unioniz...

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DGA video preps members for “battle”

By Reel 360 May 9, 2023

While The Writers Guild of America East and West enter the second week of their labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, another battle is br...

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SAG-AFTRA sets negotiations date with AMPTP

By Reel 360 Apr 13, 2023

While the WGA East and West are nearing the end of their SAV vote, SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have agreed to begin formal contract ne...

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SAG-AFTRA buys new national HQ for $46M

By Reel 360 Apr 11, 2023

SAG-AFTRA recently closed a deal for the purchase of an existing commercial office building and a nearby vacant lot in North Hollywood, California. The property features m...

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IATSE and AICP tangle over new union

By Reel 360 Aug 18, 2022

Last month, thousands of TV commercial production workers formed a new union called Stand with Production under the umbrella of the International Alliance o...

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SAG-AFTRA Health Plan to reimburse travel expenses for abortion care

Aug 12, 2022

The trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan have unanimously approved a reimbursement benefit to cover travel and lodging expenses related to abortion care for participants who l...

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Netflix, SAG-AFTRA reach tentative agreement

Aug 3, 2022

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and Netflix Studios, LLC have reached a tentative agreement on terms for a successor con...

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SAG-AFTRA ratifies Non-Primetime Network TV Code

By Reel 360 Jul 8, 2022

Members of SAG-AFTRA today voted to ratify the SAG-AFTRA National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting, also known as the Network Television Code. The ...

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AMPTP refuses to recognize new IATSE Music union

By Reel 360 Jun 6, 2022

Seventy-five percent of film and television Music Supervisors signed union authorization cards to form a union and become part of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage...

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DGA Inclusion Report shows incremental gains

By Reel 360 May 8, 2022

Even with a significant reduction in the number of television episodes directed during the Covid-19 pandemic, the percentage of dramatic television episodes directed by women a...

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SAG-AFTRA ratifies 2022 Commercials contracts

By Reel 360 May 6, 2022

Ad agency creatives and producers, as well as production companies, can rest easy. Members of SAG-AFTRA today overwhelmingly voted to ratify the 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Cont...

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SAG-AFTRA releases statement on Ukraine invasion

By Reel 360 Feb 26, 2022

In response to the Russian "War of Aggression" against Ukraine, SAG-AFTRA released a statement Friday night. The actors union urged donations to humanitarian groups, and exp...

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IATSE approves new contract by narrow margin

By Reel 360 Nov 15, 2021

The Hollywood production community can rest easy... until 2024 anyway. Members of The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) ratified the union’s new co...