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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…

After weeks of outrage from members about its silence over the terror attack against Israel, the Writers Guild is finally speaking out. "All of us in Guild leadership are horrified by the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th,” said WGA West boss Meredith Stiehm, VP Michele Mulroney and…

Longtime Writers Guild member Dan Gordon is resigning over the union’s lack of public support for Israel. "I am resigning my membership in the WGA West and electing financial core status because I no longer wish to be a fellow traveler with those who hide behind the fetid veil of a morally bankrupt…

Mere minutes after some of Hollywood's biggest stars and executives issued a letter condemning the terror attacks on Israel and the taking of hundreds of hostages, The WGA East has publicly joined the Guild's West Coast leadership in deciding to stay silent on the murderous siege of the Jewish state two…

The Screenwriters Guild of Israel (SGI) has slammed the WGA for its silence over the conflict raging in the nation. SGI Chair Nadav Ben Simon is understood to have contacted the guild’s 600-strong member base yesterday with a statement, which has also been posted on X (formerly Twitter). The…

The number of unscripted shows commissioned in North America fell by 14% in the run-up to the writer-actor strikes, as the unscripted boom seen in the previous labor action failed to materialize. Ampere Analysis measured the volume of North American unscripted titles commissioned between H1 2022 and…

Film and TV crew members and support staff have been hit hard by the double Hollywood strikes. The latest relief effort, announced last month, comes from Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman, Paul McCrane and Paul Scheer, who are spearheading a live fundraising event in partnership with The Union Solidarity…

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America's silence on the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel looks to be the only statement they'll be making, at least according to West Coast president Meredith Stiehm. "In the past week, some members have requested that the Guild take a public stand on events in…

Editor's note: On the 100th day of SAG-AFTRA's strike, the 160,000-strong guild and the studios are once again not talking, and no new negotiations are planned. Writers are back at work, but with no actors deal, Hollywood production remains shut down. SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher asserts that it doesn…

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild of America hasn't said anything publicly about the savage attack on Israel by terrorists on October 7, and a number of irate showrunners and others will be discussing that silence Friday. Almost a week after dozens of high-profile WGA members put out an open letter reprima…

A plan put forth this week to SAG-AFTRA by George Clooney and other big stars to potentially kick start stalled negotiations with the studios is "worthy of review and consideration," says the union's chief negotiator. "We’re with you, we’re behind you," Duncan Crabtree-Ireland told Deadline today of…

EXCLUSIVE: Ted Sarandos may have insisted today that he and other studio CEOs want to end the over three-month long actors strike and "get everyone back to work," but for SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator, the Netflix boss is full of nothing but hot air. "Talking about putting people back to work while…