Apple TV Visual Effects Workers Unanimously Vote to Join IATSE
08 Aug 2024Twelve workers voted to join the major Hollywood crew union in a National Labor Relations Board ballot count on Tuesday afternoon.-
Hollywood Teamsters and other crew unions ratify new contracts
01 Aug 2024A coalition of labor unions representing drivers, location managers, animal trainers, electricians, plumbers and other Hollywood crew members have ratified new three-year agreements with the major studios. -
SAG-AFTRA Sets First Picket For Video Game Strike At Warner Bros.
30 Jul 2024Voice actors will be hitting the picket lines Thursday, asSAG-AFTRAannounced the first in-person action against one of 10 major video game companies impacted by the Interactive Media Agreement strike. The picket will take place at WB Games Inc. in Los Angeles from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT, with members asked to gather at Gate 5 of the studio lot. -
Disneyland Workers Vote To Approve New Contract, Averting Strike Threat
29 Jul 2024Late today unions representing 14,000 cast members atDisneyland,DisneyCalifornia Adventure, Downtown Disney and the Disney hotels announced their members had voted to ratify new three-year contracts with Disney. -
Teamsters, Basic Crafts Reach Tentative Deal With Studios Just Before July 31 Contract Expiration
28 Jul 2024It was getting a little too close to the deadline for comfort, but theTeamstersand the studios have a deal. After a long final sprint of talks that had more than a few executives andlaborleaders on edge,Teamsters Local 399announced just before midnight Saturday that the Hollywood Basic Crafts and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached an agreement. 
Unscripted Mixer in Los Angeles
10 Jul 2024Unscripted workers from Locals 600, 695, 700, 705, 706, and 892 met up in L.A. this week for a networking event filled with food, great conversation, and (inflatable) axe throwing.
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Freelance Casting Assistants Move Forward With NLRB Election To Gain Representation From Teamsters
09 Jul 2024Following a virtual meeting Monday night with nearly 100 casting assistants, the group is officially moving forward with a NationalLaborRelations Board election. The unionannounced the intent to representthem in April. -
The Bikeriders’ Director of Photography Puts Audiences on Their Own Ride
08 Jul 2024An exclusive Q&A with cinematographer Adam Stone. -
Girls State Cinematographer Laura Hudock on Listening to People You Disagree With
08 Jul 2024"The main skill set of documentary cinematography is gaining the trust of your subject," saysGirls Statecinematographer Laura Hudock. "And I feel like so much of it is just how you present yourself as a person. Some of it is the energy that you bring into the room— your kindness, your professionalism." -
Interview with "The Acolyte" Director of Photography Chris Teague
06 Jul 2024Speaking to Awards Radar on Zoom, cinematographerChris Teague, who worked on the show's first, second, fourth, and fifth episodes, said that "it's a very difficult balance to try to find something that feels fresh but also like it's a part of this very big, well-established universe. We started from the root of what most interested us in theStar Warsworld. -
2024 Local 600 Family Cookout in Atlanta
17 Jun 2024This past weekend, Local 600 members in Atlanta gathered in Westside Park for the 7th Annual Local 600 Family Cookout.
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Cine Gear Expo Los Angeles 2024
11 Jun 2024Local 600 hosted a panel and a booth at this year's Cine Gear Expo Los Angeles held on the Warner Bros. lot.
