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SAG-AFTRA's national election committee has reminded employers — including agents, managers, casting directors and producers — that they’re prohibited under federal labor from contributing anything of value to any candidate for SAG-AFTRA elected office. The same notice goes out every two years prior to the union's…

EXCLUSIVE: A chorus of calls for mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations – and the possibility that the industry soon might make them a requirement – prompted SAG-AFTRA to adopt new guidelines for employers who want to require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. To date, vaccinations of casts and crews are not…

Twenty-one DGA members have graduated from the guild’s 2021 TV Mentorship Program, which pairs seasoned episodic television directors with members seeking to develop TV directing careers. Read the names below. The program, which is part of the DGA's diversity and inclusion initiative, pairs early-career directors…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA has adopted strict new guidelines for employers who may soon make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory as a condition of employment. To date, vaccinations of casts and crews are not mandatory on film and TV productions under the industry's return-to-work protocols, which expire June 30 and are…

SAG-AFTRA and the AFL-CIO have teamed up to provide two new affordable health plan options to all Medicare-eligible SAG-AFTRA members and their spouses, many of whom might have lost, or are in danger of losing, their union health coverage due to recent changes in the guild's Health Plan eligibility rules. The Motion…

In the new era of pay equity and harassment protections, few workers in the film and TV industry have less of either than background performers. SAG-AFTRA says that pre-pandemic, 15% of its 160,000 members "typically worked background in a given year, which dropped to only 11% last year," down from about 24,000 a year…

Former WGA East president Michael Winship, running unopposed, will be the guild's next president, succeeding Beau Willimon, who's not seeking re-election after four years in office. House of Cards creator Willimon led the guild through the WGA's historic legal battle that reshaped the talent agency business. Winship…

Meredith Stiehm is running for president of the WGA West. Currently a member of the local's board of directors, she was one of the eight named plaintiffs in the WGA's historic legal battle that reshaped the talent agency business. The former executive producer of Homeland and Cold Case received the presidential nod…

The Producers Guild of America will present "Producing During Unprecedented Times: Reflections from Today's Leading Producers" at the 60th Monte-Carlo Television Festival that starts this weekend. The curated conversations, in which producers explore the challenges they faced getting their shows made during the…

The WGA West's LGBTQ+ Writers Committee sent an open letter to Hollywood on Friday urging the film and television industry to employ more LGBTQ+ writers, combat ongoing discrimination, and to more accurately reflect the lives and history of the gay community. The letter, which was released in advance of L.A.'s Pride…

IATSE and management's Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers started their fourth week of bargaining today for a new film and TV contract covering the union's 13 West Coast production locals, already having made substantial progress on diversity issues. It's been tougher sledding on the economic side…

The production companies and executive producers behind Z Nation have been placed on the WGA's Strike/Unfair List for allegedly failing to pay more than $5.1 million in residuals, pension and health contributions, and interest owed to the writers of the former series. The zombie-apocalypse drama aired for five seasons…