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Although Hollywood's Covid return-to-work protocols are set to expire on May 12, performers and background actors involved in intimate scenes – and those involving extreme physical exertion – will be allowed through July to request self-administered Covid testing of performers with whom they will be…

UPDATED with unions’ statement: Hollywood's Covid protocols will expire on May 12, and the vaccination mandate — which gave producers the right to require Covid vaccinations as a condition of employment — will end for all productions except those that were implemented prior to May 12, which can continue…

Former Directors Guild presidents Paris Barclay and Thomas Schlamme have been named co-chairs of the DGA Outreach Team in advance of what the guild predicts will be "difficult" negotiations for a new film and TV contract, which are set to start May 10. The guild says that the mission of the Outreach…

As the WGA begins its second week of bargaining for a new contract with the AMPTP today, the guild is prepared for a strike, if it comes to that, though that's by no means a foregone conclusion. The WGA's current film and TV contract expires May 1. The WGA West's most recent annual report shows…

UPDATED with latest: The union representing 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District service workers who just concluded a three-day strike has reached a tentative labor contract with the district, officials announced today. Teachers had joined the service workers on a three-day strike this week which…

EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live's editorial crew has said yes in a big way to its first-ever union contract at the Lorne Michaels-led NBC late-night show. Five days after the Editors Guild and NBCUniversal reached a tentative deal to advert an April 1 strike, the 20-plus SNL editorial crew unanimously…

Hundreds of WGA East members employed at Hearst Magazines Media staged a half-day walkout and rally today to demand a fair contract. The walkout at four of the company's offices – in New York City, Easton, PA, Ann Arbor, MI, and Birmingham, AL – comes after more than two years of negotiations for a…

The Writers Guild of America is taking on the robots. The guild on Wednesday clarified its position on the use of artificial intelligence in the writing process as it's in the third day of contract negotiations with the AMPTP. Related Story As Day One Of Talks Ends, WGA & AMPTP Lay…

Hundreds of WGA East members who work for Hearst Magazines Media are planning to stage a walkout Thursday to demand a fair contract. The half-day action is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET and will last the remainder of the day. "WGA East members at Hearst have been bargaining a first contract for…

Leaders of SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood's Teamsters Local 399 showed their support for the WGA on Monday, posing with WGA leaders shortly before the 11 a.m. start of the Writers Guild's contract negotiations with producers at the AMPTP's headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Related Story As Day One O…

The editorial staff at Fox affiliate WNYW-TV New York has voted unanimously to ratify a new four-year contract with the WGA East. The 52-member bargaining unit includes news writers, writer/producers, assignment editors, segment producers, news assistants and feed coordinators. Related Story …

With its contract talks with the AMPTP set to start this morning, the WGA is telling its members in a new video what to expect in the coming weeks amid an expected media blackout on the negotiations. "During these first two weeks, your Negotiating Committee and guild staff will be meeting with the…