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| Published: July 30, 2007, 11:45 am |
| Tags: Labor Relations |
| Is Brad Pitt quitting Hollywood to be a full-time architect? He can come over and show us his blueprints anytime. [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| This Could Be NBC's Newest Reality Show |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 7:05 pm |
| Tags: Hollywood, Agents, Labor Relations |
| I hear the following CAA agents are in play: Josh Lieberman, Kim Hodgert, Rowena Arguelles, Steve Alexander, and, as I've reported earlier, Brandt Joel. Sources tell me that, despite the pending strike, ICM especially is on the prowl for motion picture agents and has set aside $$$ to add tenpercenters who'll fit in with the new culture there. |
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| Writers Strike Interrupts Letterman Show |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 3:30 am |
| Tags: Hollywood, Writers, Networks, Late Night, Labor Relations |
| So last night, on Letterman, Bill Scheft introduced himself as a Late Show writer following a lame joke riff containing a reference to the Vice President's hunting accident from years ago. After reminding viewers that there's a Writers Guild strike possible, Scheft (who is Dave's head monologue writer) said from his office desk, "I'm sure you |
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| Results From WGA Strike Vote Delayed |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 6:14 pm |
| Tags: Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Producers, Moguls, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations |
| I'm told that, due to "unexpectedly high turnout", today's 3 pm official announcement of the results of the WGA's strike authorization vote has been delayed for several hours. (Why do I have this feeling that the WGA negotiating committee has rushed out to Forest Lawn to collect the ballots of dead writers...?) Look, all we're going to learn is |
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| WGA Authorized To Strike ... As Expected |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 2:38 am |
| Tags: Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Producers, Moguls, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations, Scripts |
| That's what members in the know are telling me. But the vote totals won't be officially announced until Friday at 3 pm. Here's some timing news, according to what I've heard: The WGA negotiators newly armed with a strike authorization won't necessarily call for a walkout right after their 3-year contract with the studios and networks expires |
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| Wow, The WGA's Paranoia Just Worsened |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 6:52 pm |
| Tags: Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Internet, Producers, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations, Blogs |
| Maybe screenwriter/director Craig Mazin (Scary Movie 3 & 4) of the WGA-bashing website ArtfulWriter.com has seen one too many horror pics. He's claiming today that the guild members' strike authorization votes are not private, and the way the voting is taking place is not kosher, either. These are quite explosive allegations, and I don't |
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| Vote Is In For WGA East: Over 90% "Yes" |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 7:23 pm |
| Tags: Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Producers, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations, Scripts |
| America members wanted the labor action. These numbers are important to both the WGA and to the studios and networks in order to gauge the strength of the strike fervor. I'm told the WGA East was expected to be more anti-strike than the West, so this 90% figure I'm reporting exclusively is just a blowout. And it should blow away the |
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| Latest Writers Strike News: Just Show Up! |
| Published: October 23, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Big Media, Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Producers, Moguls, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations, Scripts |
| UPDATED: I'm told Nick Counter, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, wants ALL of the negotiating committee members at tomorrow's Thursday's 10 am session, no matter what. (Today's and then Wednesday's sessions were cancelled because AMPTP wanted time to caucus.) That's leading the Writers Guild of America side to think |
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| Agency Holds Week's Pay Due To Strike |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 8:41 am |
| Tags: Agents, Guilds, Hollywood, Labor Relations |
| I'm told a major tenpercentery's Human Resources department has informed all employees, including agents, that the company would be "withholding" a week of everyone's pay. Assistants especially were in an uproar over this because "we get paid little enough as it is. Agents make enough money to deal with this, but most assistants live paycheck |
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| URGENT! Hollywood Writers Strike Called; Timing Announcement To Come Friday; Actors Agree To Walk WGA Picket Lines; AMPTP 'Ready To Meet This Weekend' |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 8:37 pm |
| Tags: Guilds, Hollywood, Labor Relations, Moguls, Movies, Networks, Producers, Scripts, Studios, Writers |
| the exact date and time that labor action will begin. Tomorrow, the WGA West & East board decides when is the most opportune moment for the walkout. Tonight's WGA meeting inside the Los Angeles Convention Center was attended by thousands of guild members. Every seat was full, and hundreds more people were standing. The confab was, in a |
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| Agent Ari Butts Into Strike Ass-Backward |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 6:05 pm |
| Tags: Agents, Guilds, Hollywood, Labor Relations, Movies, Networks, Producers, Scripts, Studios, Writers |
| Of course, Endeavor co-founding partner Ari Emanuel couldn't keep quiet about the looming writers strike. But while most of the top agencies sound determined to stick by their WGA members' side, Ari throws them under the bus. Not to mention quotes from AMPTP's playbook. (And here I thought it was primarily CAA that was repping the studios and the |
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| Labor Board Under Attack |
| Published: December 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Labor, Board, Under, Attack, Robert J Battista, U S National Labor Relations Board, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, James J Brudney, Wilma B Liebman, Dana Corporation, United States, Massachusetts, Edward M Kennedy, John N Raudabaugh, Ronald Reagan, The Ohio State Universit |
| Democrats escalated attacks on the National Labor Relations Board at a congressional hearing yesterday, accusing the panel's Republican majority of turning the nation's labor laws "inside out" by making it harder for workers to form unions. |
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| Labor Board Under Attack |
| Published: December 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Labor, Board, Under, Attack, Robert J Battista, U S National Labor Relations Board, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, James J Brudney, Wilma B Liebman, Dana Corporation, United States, Massachusetts, Edward M Kennedy, John N Raudabaugh, Ronald Reagan, The Ohio State Universit |
| Democrats escalated attacks on the National Labor Relations Board at a congressional hearing yesterday, accusing the panel's Republican majority of turning the nation's labor laws "inside out" by making it harder for workers to form unions. |
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| Federal Boards Thin Out |
| Published: January 4, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Federal, Boards, Thin, Out, The White House, Federal Election Commission, Edward Lazear, Madonna Lebling, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Mine Safety And Health Review Commission, National |
| With Congress and the president locked in a standoff over nominations, the Federal Election Commission has effectively stopped functioning as primary season gets underway. The FEC enters 2008 with two of its six members, considerably short of the four votes needed for it to take any official action. |
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