Three large unions sued the Treasury Department on Monday to block Elon Musk and his apparatchiks from accessing federal servers with sensitive member data and financial information — alleging a “massive and unprecedented” intrusion of privacy. Musk and his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reportedly have …
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At the end of a long week in February 2015, after working an overnight shift as a gaffer and lightning technician on an independent feature film, Chris Walters fell asleep as he was driving home and totaled his truck. Walters, a lifelong Los Angeles resident who joined the entertainment industry …
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Following the 118-day actors strike, the Screen Actors Guild negotiating committee has released the full contract and terms of their tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The contract, which is 128 pages, includes additional benefit plan funding, updated requirements for intimacy coordinators on set, and …
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Walt Disney Pictures visual effects crews are one step closer to becoming unionized. Disney crews filed with the National Labor Relations Board Monday for a vote to unionize, marking the second visual effects team, after Marvel Studios, to take strides for union representation with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage …
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When Jessica Gantt moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1999, one of her first stops was the local Waffle House. She was in her early twenties and needed work — both problems she thought could be fixed by a gig at the famous diner chain. But in over 20 years …
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