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Teamsters, IATSE, the WGA West and SAG-AFTRA joined forces today to distribute boxes of food and other necessities to industry workers whose lives have been upended by the strikes that have shut down most production. Volunteers held the drive-thru distribution event at Our Lady of Perpetual Help…

EXCLUSIVE: DNEG workers could unionize in Canada. IATSE Canada is in the process of forging branches in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec at the under-fire VFX firm, which recently made a pay offer to workers that has ruffled feathers around the globe. If formed, IATSE reps plan on beginning…

Now that a tentative agreement has been reached to end the Writers Guild's strike, SAG-AFTRA, of course, is next, with IATSE waiting in the wings and the American Federation of Musicians just around the corner.  The next entertainment industry contracts up after SAG-AFTRA are the American…

The long-running strikes by the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA are having a devastating impact on union health plans throughout the entertainment industry. With a lack of contributions and a slew of claims pushing its Health & Welfare reserves to the breaking point, IATSE Studio Mechanics Local 476 in…

Visual effects workers at Marvel Studios and seven of its subsidiaries have voted 32-0 to unionize with IATSE in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. The union called the unanimous vote an "historic first" for the industry's VFX workforce. The next step for IATSE is to engage…

IATSE said Friday that it has chartered a new guild with national jurisdiction: Production Workers Guild Local 111. It becomes IATSE's first-ever local specifically created to represent freelance production department workers. The new local joins several other IATSE locals with national jurisdiction…

Chuck Parker, national executive director of the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, said that "it has become frighteningly apparent" that below-the-line workers are "bearing the brunt" of the ongoing strikes by actors and writers. He is reminding his members that help is available for those struggling…

Eighteen performing arts physical therapists, athletic trainers, and massage therapists employed on various live theatrical tours such as The Lion King, Wicked, and Moulin Rouge! have voted to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, marking the first time IATSE will negotiate a…

Visual effects workers at Walt Disney Pictures are seeking to unionize with IATSE, which says that a supermajority of the 18 in-house VFX crewmembers employed there have signed cards with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to be represented by the union. Walt Disney Pictures is a subsidiary of…

IATSE Grips Local 80 closed its offices in Burbank today after receiving a threatening letter. "Local 80 received a letter threatening harm to our employees," the local said in an email to members. "Burbank police have been notified, and an officer came to assess. “They are currently evaluating the…

There's more movement on the labor front as employees of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Brooklyn location have filed with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize. They're seeking affiliation with the United Autoworkers. UAW Local 2179 is the petitioner on behalf of all full-time and…

Crewmembers on the Food Network's Worst Cooks in America have gone on strike, seeking a union contract and representation by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. The cooking competition show, which stars Anne Burrell and Jeff Mauro, debuted in 2010 and is in its 26th cycle. "The…