IATSE members will picket the Contract Services Administration Trust Fund’s Safety Pass training program tomorrow in Burbank. The strike, union officials say, was triggered by today’s firing of the leader of an IATSE effort to organize the non-profit organization’s safety trainers. “For months now, the company has stalled and … Read entire story.
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The ACLU is calling on legislators in New York to pass a bill that would make the state the first to grant financial incentives to TV shows that hire women and minority writers and directors. The bill would amend the state’s existing $420 million annual tax incentives program to allocate … Read entire story.
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Initiation fees from a record number of new members joining the WGA West has helped create a $4 million surplus for the guild in its fiscal year ended March 31. According to a guild source, membership dues on increased TV earnings, aided by a slight uptick in dues on income from … Read entire story.
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As Deadline exclusively reported last week, The Motion Picture Editors Guild board of directors has announced Catherine A. Repola as their pick to succeed outgoing National Executive Director Ron Kutak when he retires November 1. Repola, Western Executive Director of the Guild since 2010, first joined MPEG as an Assistant Executive Director … Read entire story.
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