Entertainment Labor News & Moves

The Writers Guild of America West’s staff is staying on strike for now.

The WGA is reckoning with significant cutbacks in its health plan under its recent deal.

The Writers Guild of America contract with the AMPTP includes $321 million for the health fund, as well as improved terms on streaming residuals.

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The news arrived shortly after the Writers Guild of America reached a surprise deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Studios.

The Writers Guild of America became the first of the three above-the-line unions make a deal with the studios.

The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement with the studios, nearly a month before its contract was due to expire.

The workers are joining the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, which already represents organizing staffers at the performers’ union.

The WGA West staff has now been on strike for nearly seven weeks.

The changes and effective dates of the ratified IATSE Local 161 Theatrical and TV Series Production Agreement and Supplemental Digital Production Agreement you need to know about.

The WGA West’s striking staff will be booted off their health insurance plans on Wednesday.

After the Trump administration released its national policy framework for artificial intelligence last week, SAG-AFTRA is on board.

The latest “East Coast” Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans (MPIPHP) rate changes for 2026 took effect March 22, 2026. Learn more in the blog.

After trying to call WGAW leadership back to the table last weekend to no avail, the guild’s staff union is now taking a different approach.

The WGA West staff called management back to the bargaining table this weekend as the first week of AMPTP talks wrapped.

Explore the 2026–2028 IATSE Theatrical Low Budget Agreement – budget tiers, benefit rates, and what’s new for independent film productions.

The union is staging a walkout after its contract expired last week.

The Writers Guild of America began bargaining with the major studios on Monday, as its staff picketed outside.

Bargaining over the union’s next three-year deal covering film and TV work will pause while the Writers Guild of America goes to the table.

The Writers Guild of America West has boosted its offer to the staff union, but the two sides have not reached a deal ahead of AMPTP talks on Monday.

General president Sean O’Brien and motion picture head Lindsay Dougherty say they will only back the deal if worker protections are put in place.

SAG-AFTRA issues a Do Not Work order for Mega Man Dual Override while voice actor Ben Diskin confirms he will not return as Mega Man.

Like the DGA, the Writers Guild of America West doesn’t seem inclined to accept longer contract cycles with the major studios any time soon.

The WGA will seek compensation for members whose scripts are used to train AI models when AMPTP negotiations start next week.

With negotiations a week away for its new contract with the AMPTP, the WGA has released its pattern of demands.

The WGA Awards have become somewhat of a bright spot for film and TV scribes in the last several years amid turbulent moment in Hollywood — until now

The union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are racing against the clock to conclude negotiations prior to the Writers Guild starting their own on March 16.

Explore the 2026–2028 IATSE Theatrical Low Budget Agreement – budget tiers, benefit rates, and what’s new for independent film productions.

The WGA issued a state of the industry report arguing that profits are rebounding and the studios can afford a ‘fair deal’ with writers.

Sean Astin said SAG-AFTRA leadership is “working very hard” on a new deal with the AMPTP at Sunday night’s Actor Awards

The Writers Guild of America West has canceled its annual L.A. award show, though the show will go on in New York.

The WGA East and West issued a joint statement to members Friday detailing the state of the guild’s health and pension plans ahead of bargaining

The labor organization says it would not ask its attendees to cross a picket line. Its staff union, which is currently mounting a strike, says the move is an attempt to “drive a wedge between union staff and WGA membership.”

As “Scabby the Rat” rears on hind legs front of the union’s headquarters, the arguably disastrous optics of the Writers Guild West’s schism threatens to impede major contract talks with the studios.

The staff of the Writers Guild of America West went on strike on Tuesday, accusing the leadership of violating labor law.

SAG-AFTRA joined in the industry condemnation of ByteDance for releasing Seedance 2.0, an AI video platform that has enabled widespread infringement.

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Get the details on the first comprehensive contract agreement for Intimacy Coordinators in the entertainment industry.

Eighty-two percent of unionized staffers voted to empower leaders to call a work stoppage, just months before the labor group is set to face the likes of Netflix and Paramount.

The WGA, PGA and DGA all submitted prepared testimony to the Senate antitrust subcommittee regarding the potential sale of Warner Bros.

Stagehands, audio engineers and more at the 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre voted for unionization in an NLRB election.

Christopher Nolan spoke with Deadline, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the DGA’s 2026 bargaining with the AMPTP.

Sean Astin spoke with Deadline about his priorities for SAG-AFTRA’s upcoming 2026 negotiations with the AMPTP

Three years after dual 100-plus-day work stoppages, health care and AI have brought new urgency to 2026’s union negotiations.

SAG-AFTRA execs Sean Astin and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland told Deadline they expect a “different vibe” in contract talks with the AMPTP compared with 2023.

SAG-AFTRA Duncan Crabtree-Ireland “Won’t Rule Out A Strike” Ahead Of Contract Talks With Studios

Big changes could be coming to the way labor contracts are done in Hollywood & the unions’ health plans for members.

SAG-AFTRA has announced a new vertical agreement for microdramas under a budget of $300,000.

Hollywood is about to have a new labor sheriff in town. Greg Hessinger will replace Carol Lombardini as president of AMPTP ahead of next year’s contract talks.

The first-ever Independent Production Agreement establishes terms, conditions and rates for professional musicians working on English-language productions in Canada.

SAG-AFTRA, Nielsen Renew Measurement Pact

Jason Laks, who has been serving as The Broadway League’s Interim President since Charlotte St. Martin retired from the organization last February, now has the job for good.

‘Midnight Rider’ director Randall Miller argues that the DGA violated its constitution when it expelled him for life in 2022.

The WGA is focused on shoring up its health and pension plans and organizing YouTube amid a historic downturn in TV and film production.

The new agreement signals labor peace north of the border for Hollywood producers shooting in Ontario.

After extending talks several times, the Animation Guild has reached a tentative deal with the major Hollywood studios

Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra blamed the recently negotiated union contract terms as the reason more film and TV productions are moving overseas.

In a letter to the major Hollywood studios, the WGA is uging action, including lawsuits, against AI plagiarism.

SNL visual effects workers have received voluntary recognition from their employer as a new 16-member bargaining unit under IATSE

The move arrives after California’s Employment Development Department audited the major industry payroll company Cast & Crew.

When a production “flips” from non-union to union, this is what you need to know about managing the transition successfully.

The Teamsters have reached a deal with the AMPTP on a new casting agreement

The casting assistants voted unanimously in favor of union representation from the Teamsters

The casting assistants voted unanimously in favor of union representation from the Teamsters