In recent weeks, several Hollywood studios and entertainment companies pulled back their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives following pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration. Despite this, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artistsreaffirmed its support for diversity reform. In a resolution passed by the SAG-AFTRA National …
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Just over a month after SAG-AFTRAchief negotiator and executive directorDuncan Crabtree-Irelandcalled for a strike against video game companies, 80 games have agreed to tiered-budget or interim agreements, which include “common sense A.I. protections.” “We applaud those video game companies signing our tiered-budget and interim agreement,” read a statement from Crabtree-Ireland. …
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SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator and executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland called for a strike against video game companies on Thursday after more than a year and a half of bargaining for a new contract for video game performers. The strike, tied to the Interactive Media Agreement, goes into effect Friday at 12:01 …
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After four long months marching on Hollywood picket lines, bargaining inside hostile negotiating rooms, and giving Buddhist sermons, Fran Drescher can finally exhale. Through the 118-day actors’ strike, The Nanny star turned SAG-AFTRA national president, joined by SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, has served as the face of the 160,000-strong …
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A s an alternate member of the Screen Actors Guild negotiating committee, Shaan Sharma spent most of this last year strategizing with other committee members and going back and forth with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over deal points that are important to actors and their futures …
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After nearly four months on the picket lines and at the bargaining table, the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative deal with the Hollywood Studios, or the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), Wednesday evening. SAG-AFTRA leadership and its negotiating committee voted unanimously to approve the tentative agreement, …
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