Teamsters
Hollywood Teamsters, IATSE Hold Solidarity Rally Ahead of AMPTP Negotiations: “F—k Around and Find Out”
A coalition of Hollywood’s below-the-line unions rallied Sunday on the eve of their latest contract negotiations. They threatened a historic strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers if their demands weren’t met. Such a work stoppage would follow a pair of strikes in 2023 by industry writers and actors which crippled the […]
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The Next Labor Battle: IATSE and Teamsters to Begin Negotiations in Early March, Starting With Benefits
Hollywood’s top crew unions have announced that they will be bargaining their health and pension benefits together at the outset of their 2024 labor negotiations with studios and streamers. IATSE and the Hollywood Basic Crafts coalition (which includes Teamsters Local 399) announced on Wednesday that they will jointly negotiate their Motion Picture Pension and Health […]
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IATSE Chief: Workers “Ready to Fight” in Upcoming Contract Talks With Studios
IATSE international president Matthew Loeb did not rule out a potential 2024 crew strike when several of his union’s contracts come due this year in an appearance on Tuesday. “Nothing is off the table, and we’re not going to give up our strength and our ability because they [studios] think they sapped us and everybody’s […]
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What Lies Ahead for Hollywood? Insiders Weigh In
The actors union and the studios have ceased negotiations for the time being, extending Hollywood’s “summer of strikes” into at least the late fall. Eventually, however, this too must end (right?). And while the town will breathe a much-needed sigh of relief when that happens, the tensions and problems that led the industry to the […]
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Teamsters Union Allocates $2M to Aid Members During Writers Strike
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union is allocating $2 million to aid members that are in financial straits amid the ongoing writers’ strike. The labor organization, which represents drivers, location managers and casting directors, among others in entertainment, will be creating a fund to assist members in need after its general executive board unanimously approved […]
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Teamsters Local 399 Hires Former Netflix Senior Counsel Kay Kimmel
Teamsters Local 399 has a new in-house legal counsel. The North Hollywood-based union has hired former Netflix senior counsel Kay Kimmel as its new in-house counsel and as a dedicated counsel for the Teamsters’ motion picture and theatrical trade division, secretary-treasurer Lindsay Dougherty announced at a membership meeting on Sunday. “It’s almost unheard of to […]
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Writers Strike: What Happens if Other Union Workers Refuse to Cross Picket Lines
As the Writers Guild of America hurtles toward a potential strike, its peer entertainment unions have been quick to offer statements of inter-union solidarity. The SAG-AFTRA national board proclaimed it stood “strongly in support” of industry scribes, while the Teamsters issued a fiery declaration that the WGA’s battle is a “shared fight.” The Directors Guild […]
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Hollywood to End COVID-19 Safety Agreement That Enabled Pandemic-Era Return to Work
The COVID-19 guidelines that for the past three years kept casts and crews safe during production amid the pandemic will expire May 12. The current iteration of the pact, negotiated by industry unions and top studios and streaming companies represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), will remain in place through […]
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Quixote, Star Waggons, Zio Services Workers Launch Union Drive
Following Hudson Pacific Properties’ multi-million dollar acquisitions of Quixote Studios, Star Waggons and Zio Studio Services over the past two years, workers at all three companies are seeking to unionize with Teamsters Local 399. Nearly 120 workers — including cleaners and trailer manufacturing workers at Quixote’s Penrose location, vehicle inspectors and washbay technicians at Zio […]
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Former Teamsters Local 399 Leader Steve Dayan Joins Wrapbook as Senior Advisor
Steve Dayan, the former leader of Teamsters Local 399 who stepped down from the role earlier this year, has a new gig. Payroll services platform Wrapbook has hired the longtime L.A. labor leader as a senior advisor for its labor relations team, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. In his new role, Dayan will work with […]
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Lindsay Dougherty Elected Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 399
After stepping into the top job on a temporary basis last spring, Lindsay Dougherty has been elected secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 399 through 2025. Dougherty and the slate of six other candidates she was running with were all elected to the union’s executive board by acclamation at a Local 399 nomination meeting on Thursday night, […]
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N.Y. Teamsters Local, Which Reps Entertainment Union Staff, Passes Resolution to Organize for Abortion-Rights Causes
Teamsters Local 210, the New York-based Local that represents some New York City-based SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity staff in collective bargaining, has passed a resolution focused on women’s rights in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The resolution, passed on Monday by the Local’s Executive Board, states that the Local “condemns […]
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