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SAG dissidents get dissed
Şag :: Romania | about 1 year ago
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Newly-elected dissidents of the Screen Actors Guild got a lesson in union politics Monday night -- that the guild's welter of procedural rules makes it tough for them to have an immediate impact. Actors elected under the "Unite for Strength" slate figured...
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Argentine farmers resume protests
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 1 year ago
Credibility Farmers in Argentina are resuming nationwide protests against the government over what they say is its inadequate support for them. They want economic concessions for smaller farms, and say they will suspend grain exports and limit the export of beef...
Adweek: SAG Panel: Board Should Take Strike Vote
Şag :: Romania | about 1 year ago
Credibility A strike by SAG members would disrupt the TV, film and Web industries and have consequences for advertisers. After months of seeing its talks with the Hollywood producers go nowhere, the Screen Actors Guild's negotiating committee Wednesday urged its...
Wastewater plant workers vote for strike
Charlottetown :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility We could walk out now; the employer could lock us out right now. Bill McKinnon. "We have told the employer — because of the type of operation and service that we provide — we wouldn't simply walk out the door, that we will give them 24-hours' notice so...
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Bollywood On Strike
Over 100,000 Bollywood workers have gone on indefinite strike. Major grievances include inconsistency of pay and the hiring of non-union members. This is the first time in the 50 year existence of an umbrella federation representing everyone from actors...
SAG negotiating committee calls for strike vote
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Screen Actors Guild's negotiating committee voted Wednesday to support a strike authorization vote, a tactic meant to break stalled contract talks with Hollywood studios. The recommendation now goes to the guild's national board for review, and would...
Tags: strike, actors, The Screen Actors Guild, negotiating committee, strike authorization, strike voting, SAG
Film, TV workers' stir from Wednesday
Mumbai :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility Film and television shooting is likely to be affected from tomorrow with the cine workers deciding to launch an indefinite "non-cooperation" movement to protest "inadequate and delayed payment of wages". TV business will participate in the agitation....
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Thousands of Muslims protests in Kashmir
Srīnagar :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility Thousands of Muslims in Indian occupied Kashmir held fresh demonstrations against Indian rule Friday, ending a week of calm in the insurgency-hit region, police and residents said. A separatist committee spearheading recent anti-India demonstrations had...
Tags: kashmir, demonstrations, strike, Kashmir Valley, Indian Kashmir, Kashmiri, Kashmir Media Service, Kashmir Coordination Committee, Srinagar, summer capital
Education under curfew
Srīnagar :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mehnaz Saba, a class XII student, is for the first time feeling the pinch of hartals (general strikes). For the 18-year-old, frequent hartals and curfews have affected her preparations for medical entrance test since she could not attend school and tuition...
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Daily Telegraph, UK: Royal Mail workers to stage three-day strike
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility More than 800 members of the Communication Workers Union will walk out from 6am next Tuesday, affecting the security and maintenance of sites, including mail centres. CWU deputy general secretary Dave Ward accused employer Romec of taking a "draconian...
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