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Two members of the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee that bargained for the union's recently ratified film and TV contract said tonight that they had not been told during the talks of the severity of the problems facing the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan. The plan’s restructuring is projected to remove some 3,500 participants…

EXCLUSIVE: Hard times call for hard decisions, which trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan say they had to make to save health benefits for future generations of participants. Even before the pandemic, the Plan was facing unsustainable deficits, and the COVID-19 production shutdown accelerated the need for a complete…

More than 1,300 angry SAG-AFTRA members have signed a petition calling on the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan to overturn changes that will leave many members without health coverage during the coronavirus pandemic. The Plan says that the changes, which go into effect January 1, are needed to keep the Plan solvent in the face…

The WGA East has reached an agreement with NBC News Studios for the coverage of programs produced by the recently established unit. The deal ends a bitter battle in which the union accused NBCUniversal of "union busting" in a dispute over the shuttering of its now-defunct Peacock Productions, formerly the in-house…

The SAG-AFTRA executive committee has unanimously approved the union's new Television Animation Agreements, which will now be sent with a recommended "yes vote" to the members for ratification. The new three-year pact, which will be retroactive to July 1, covers animated programs produced for television, including…

Facing staggering deficits, the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan is raising premiums and earnings thresholds for coverage come January 1. "While this restructuring will preserve access to an excellent health plan for the majority of our participants, the changes will be disruptive for some," the Plan said today in a letter to…

A federal judge has denied WME's and CAA's motions to dismiss the remainder of the WGA's fraud and price-fixing allegations, sending the case to trial to determine whether agency packaging fees are legal. In his 17-page ruling today (read it here), U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr. denied the agencies'…

UPDATE, with Disney World statement Walt Disney World and Actors’ Equity Association have reached an agreement over COVID-19 testing that will allow actors to return to work at the resort following a two-month stand-off. News of the agreement comes after Walt Disney World notified the union that it had taken steps to…

Due in part to public health circumstances beyond everyone's control, the WGA isn't going to trial against WME and CAA over packaging fees next spring after all. "The parties' threshold discovery disputes and the COVID-19 pandemic have created significant litigation delays, which have caused unforeseeable delays in…

The WGA West told its members today that, as production begins to ramp up amid the coronavirus pandemic, writers should not sign liability waivers exempting employers from their responsibility to provide a safe workplace. "Your employer is required by law to provide a safe and healthy workplace both in the [writers]…

Labor leaders from five unions including Actors’ Equity Association today joined together to demand Senate action on the HEROES Act, calling the additional $600 in weekly pandemic unemployment benefits essential for food and shelter. On a telephone press conference led by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, leaders from…

The WGA on Wednesday provided details of its deal with ICM Partners on a new franchise agreement, a pact pretty much in line with one the guild inked last month with UTA. The deal that will also allow ICM to again represent WGA members for covered writing services also satisfies a clause that will end TV packaging by…