Browse by Tags

All Tags » labor (RSS)

Breaking up the boys' club in Hollywood labor negotiations by Company Town

Carol Lombardini may have the toughest, if least glamorous, job in Hollywood. As the chief negotiator for the major studios, she must find consensus among a group of executives who often have conflicting interests and priorities. But Lomabardini, the...
Filed under:

IATSE and AFI settle labor dispute by Company Town

The AFI Fest won't have to worry about a "Norma Rae" scene playing out in Hollywood. An ugly labor dispute between the union representing Hollywood's below-the-line workforce and the American Film Institute has been settled. Last week...
Filed under: ,

California passes new law to protect child actors from scams by Company Town

Hollywood's smallest and most vulnerable players are getting some parental help from Sacramento. For years, parents have complained to the L.A. city attorney's office and the Better Business Bureau about the unscrupulous practices of talent listing...

SAG Board taps David White as new executive director and chief negotiator by Company Town

The Screen Actors Guild board of directors has appointed David P. White as the national executive director and chief negotiator for Hollywood's largest union. The appointment of White, who had been serving as interim executive director, was widely...

Studios tap Carol Lombardini as new chief negotiator by Company Town

The major studios have tapped veteran negotiator Carol Lombardini as their new bargaining chief for labor contracts. Lombardini today was named president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains union agreements on behalf...
Filed under:

Writers Guild of America, East signs 11 digital media companies by Company Town

Next time you're watching content online, you can be sure to look for the union label. Furthering its push into the digital realm, the Writers Guild of America, East announced today that it had signed agreements to extend union benefits...
Filed under: , ,

SAG's Unite for Strength wins, but its leader Ned Vaughn loses by Company Town

The party wins but one of its leaders gets left in the cold? That's one of the surprising outcomes from yesterday's Screen Actors Guild election. The so-called moderate faction known as Unite for Strength garnered a big victory yesterday when...
Filed under: ,

Ken Howard, a moderate, elected Screen Actors President by Company Town

That's the second big win for Ken Howard this week. Members of the Screen Actors Guild have elected the veteran character actor, who just won won an Emmy on Sunday for his role in HBO's "Grey Gardens, as the union's...
Filed under: ,

John Wells wins Writers Guld president's post, again by Company Town

John Wells, the executive producer behind the hit TV shows "ER" and "The West Wing," has been elected for the second time as president of the Writers Guild of America, West, ending a tight race that brought to the surface...
Filed under: ,

WGA's John Wells and John Bowman decide to hug it out by Company Town

The two Johns have made peace. John Bowman, who was chairman of the negotiating committee for the Writers Guild of America, West, last year, and union presidential candidate John Wells have ended an ugly feud. In a letter to members...
Filed under: ,

Gloves may come off in WGA candidate forum by Company Town

Sparks could fly tonight when the Writers Guild of America, West hosts its annual "Candidates Night" town hall election forum. The 6 p.m. meeting, held at the guild's headquarters in the Fairfax District, is supposed to give guild members...
Filed under: ,

Writers Guild Presidential Candidate John Wells calls out Verrone by Company Town

John Wells fired back at the outgoing president of the Writers Guild of America, West, accusing Patric M. Verrone of lying about his involvement in last year's contract negotiations. Verrone and John Bowman, who chaired the guild's negotiating...
Filed under: , ,

Writers Guild president blasts challenger John Wells by Company Town

The contest to elect a new president of the Writers Guild of America, West took an unusually heated turn today, when the union's current president and a key figure in last year's contract negotiations blasted John Wells, the writer and...
Filed under: ,

Animation actors get new contract by Company Town

SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) and Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) are getting a modest pay raise. The Screen Actors Guild and the major studios have reached agreement on a new contract covering about 5,000 actors who provide voices for animated television shows...
Filed under:

Taylor Hackford elected president of Directors Guild without opposition by Company Town

Continuing its reputation as the least politicized of Hollywood's unions representing creative talent, the Directors Guild of America has selected Taylor Hackford as its new president without opposition. Hackford was elected to a two-year term unanimously...
Filed under:
More Posts Next page »
Copyright 2006-2009