News Source: Reuters
| about 1 year ago
With Hollywood actors' major film and TV labor contract set to expire in days, union negotiators are expected to seek an extension of the pact with studios, giving them more time to reach a deal and avoid a strike. The existing three-year contract...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
Jack Nicholson and Ben Stiller are taking on Tom Hanks as Hollywood stars pick sides in the battle between the two leading acting unions. Actors are threatening walkouts at the end of June if talks between the unions and major film studios fail to...
News Source: Omaha World-Herald
| about 1 year ago
Labor unrest continues to dominate the landscape in Hollywood: The prospect of an actors' strike has big movie studios planning to shut down production after Monday and TV studios rushing to complete shows due to return in the fall or January. Most...
News Source: The Examiner
| about 1 year ago
The Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday accused major Hollywood studios of offering a contract deal worth less than an agreement approved by the leaders of a smaller actors union. SAG executive director Doug Allen told The Associated Press the offer to...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 year ago
For the industry, D-Day is Monday, when the Screen Actors Guild's contract with the Hollywood studios expires...While the union has yet to seek a strike authorization vote from its members, the industry is already in a "de facto" strike, with the...
News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 year ago
Emilio Flores for The New York Times Fox's Prison Break got a head start on filming its next season. Labor unrest continues to dominate the landscape in Hollywood, and the possibility of a strike by actors has large movie studios planning to shut...