IATSE negotiators are bracing for the next phase of contract negotiations with Hollywood’s major studios and streamers after the conclusion this week of talks with all 13 West Coast local union on the craft-specific aspects of a new master contract.
On Monday, IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will shift the focus of negotiations to wages, residuals, working conditions and the use of artificial intelligence in production. Those are the thornier issues to hammer out for the union that represents the vast majority of below-the-line workers in TV and film.
IATSE International president Matthew Loeb has said his goal is to have the new three-year contract ratified by members prior to the July 31 expiration of the current agreement. After last year’s months-long strikes by Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the industry is nervously watching the IATSE talks. There’s hope for avoiding another industry...
On Monday, IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will shift the focus of negotiations to wages, residuals, working conditions and the use of artificial intelligence in production. Those are the thornier issues to hammer out for the union that represents the vast majority of below-the-line workers in TV and film.
IATSE International president Matthew Loeb has said his goal is to have the new three-year contract ratified by members prior to the July 31 expiration of the current agreement. After last year’s months-long strikes by Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the industry is nervously watching the IATSE talks. There’s hope for avoiding another industry...
- 4/26/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
After over a month of negotiating, all 13 of IATSE’s West Coast Locals have reached tentative deals with the AMPTP, IATSE announced today. Now the real fight can begin.
On Thursday, April 25, the last of the remaining 13 locals, Affiliated Property Craftspersons Local 44, reached a tentative agreement with the studios, and Studio Teachers, IATSE Local 884, reached a deal on April 19, opening the door for IATSE’s national negotiating committee to restart negotiations on the Basic Agreement. Those talks are scheduled to kick off on April 29 and continue through May 16.
“Our locals’ craft-specific issues required the employers’ attention, and at the table we’re seeing improved engagement and dialogue,” IATSE’s International vice president Mike Miller said in a statement. “That indicates the studios’ negotiators have different marching orders this contract cycle. This approach will be helpful as we continue our negotiations over the next few weeks.”
Each of the 13 locals were...
On Thursday, April 25, the last of the remaining 13 locals, Affiliated Property Craftspersons Local 44, reached a tentative agreement with the studios, and Studio Teachers, IATSE Local 884, reached a deal on April 19, opening the door for IATSE’s national negotiating committee to restart negotiations on the Basic Agreement. Those talks are scheduled to kick off on April 29 and continue through May 16.
“Our locals’ craft-specific issues required the employers’ attention, and at the table we’re seeing improved engagement and dialogue,” IATSE’s International vice president Mike Miller said in a statement. “That indicates the studios’ negotiators have different marching orders this contract cycle. This approach will be helpful as we continue our negotiations over the next few weeks.”
Each of the 13 locals were...
- 4/26/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
All West Coast IATSE Locals have now reached tentative agreements with studios and streamers on their craft-specific issues.
The remaining two Locals of the crew union that had yet to cement provisional agreements, the propmakers’ and set decorators’ union Local 44 and the studios teachers’ union Local 884, reached their deals on Thursday and the prior Friday, IATSE announced. They join 11 other West Coast unions that previously hashed out agreements, which are still subject to a ratification vote by members, since bargaining over these Local-specific contracts began in March.
“Our locals’ craft-specific issues required the employers’ attention, and at the table we’re seeing improved engagement and dialogue,” IATSE vp Mike Miller said in a statement. “That indicates the studios’ negotiators have different marching orders this contract cycle. This approach will be helpful as we continue our negotiations over the next few weeks.”
IATSE’s general negotiations over its Basic Agreement — which...
The remaining two Locals of the crew union that had yet to cement provisional agreements, the propmakers’ and set decorators’ union Local 44 and the studios teachers’ union Local 884, reached their deals on Thursday and the prior Friday, IATSE announced. They join 11 other West Coast unions that previously hashed out agreements, which are still subject to a ratification vote by members, since bargaining over these Local-specific contracts began in March.
“Our locals’ craft-specific issues required the employers’ attention, and at the table we’re seeing improved engagement and dialogue,” IATSE vp Mike Miller said in a statement. “That indicates the studios’ negotiators have different marching orders this contract cycle. This approach will be helpful as we continue our negotiations over the next few weeks.”
IATSE’s general negotiations over its Basic Agreement — which...
- 4/26/2024
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After taking the temperature on how labor talks were going with Teamsters’ Lindsay Dougherty, Deadline Strike Talk podcast co-hosts Billy Ray and Todd Garner get into things this week with Mike Miller, the VP and Director of Motion Pictures for IATSE.
Miller sounds some encouraging notes here. Acknowledging that his members and everyone else has been beaten up by the six-month shutdown of last year coming on the heels of the pandemic, he has found those on the other side of the table to be putting across a better vibe than in past negotiations. He believes his membership is concerned with job security and stability, as well as economic and physical health. But he makes it clear that that is no sign of weakness. IATSE members have no shortage of resolve toward getting a fair deal.
As was anticipated, all 13 West Coast Studio Locals have now reached tentative agreements with the AMPTP.
Miller sounds some encouraging notes here. Acknowledging that his members and everyone else has been beaten up by the six-month shutdown of last year coming on the heels of the pandemic, he has found those on the other side of the table to be putting across a better vibe than in past negotiations. He believes his membership is concerned with job security and stability, as well as economic and physical health. But he makes it clear that that is no sign of weakness. IATSE members have no shortage of resolve toward getting a fair deal.
As was anticipated, all 13 West Coast Studio Locals have now reached tentative agreements with the AMPTP.
- 4/26/2024
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Negotiations on new union contracts with Hollywood crews will begin in early March with a focus on shoring up the pension and health funds, which took a severe hit during the writers and actors strikes last year.
In an unusual move, all of the “below the line” guilds — IATSE, the Teamsters and the other “Basic Crafts” unions — will join forces to collectively bargain on health and pension issues for the first week of talks in March, the unions announced Wednesday.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees will then proceed to bargain separately on issues that affect its 13 West Coast locals. The Basic Crafts locals — which include electricians, drivers, plasterers, laborers and plumbers — will then bargain their issues in early June.
Both contracts are set to expire on July 31. The unions have said that, unlike in previous years, they are not inclined to grant extensions. Bargaining with the major studios is expected to be contentious,...
In an unusual move, all of the “below the line” guilds — IATSE, the Teamsters and the other “Basic Crafts” unions — will join forces to collectively bargain on health and pension issues for the first week of talks in March, the unions announced Wednesday.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees will then proceed to bargain separately on issues that affect its 13 West Coast locals. The Basic Crafts locals — which include electricians, drivers, plasterers, laborers and plumbers — will then bargain their issues in early June.
Both contracts are set to expire on July 31. The unions have said that, unlike in previous years, they are not inclined to grant extensions. Bargaining with the major studios is expected to be contentious,...
- 1/31/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
When “Extra” interviewed Harrison Ford at his “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” premiere in June, the show was proceeding as usual: The actor, the reporter, the branded microphone, the cameras. Then suddenly everything changed — “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan bounded into the frame and reunited with his co-star from 1984’s “Temple of Doom.” The moment went viral, and “Extra” had another feather in its cap.
Once in a lifetime get? Not if you’re “Extra.” For the past 30 years, the syndicated entertainment news show has made its business chronicling every cultural event. There is the episode with Burt Reynolds, shot in the studio parking lot following a blackout; segments featuring a 19-year-old Taylor Swift singing; and a young Kim Kardashian vacuuming her family’s store. More recently, the show can point to host Billy Bush — who jumped time zones in a day to go...
Once in a lifetime get? Not if you’re “Extra.” For the past 30 years, the syndicated entertainment news show has made its business chronicling every cultural event. There is the episode with Burt Reynolds, shot in the studio parking lot following a blackout; segments featuring a 19-year-old Taylor Swift singing; and a young Kim Kardashian vacuuming her family’s store. More recently, the show can point to host Billy Bush — who jumped time zones in a day to go...
- 10/25/2023
- by Randee Dawn
- Variety Film + TV
The MPTF “Lights, Camera, Take Action!” telethon raised 867,986 on Saturday night to benefit the 100-year old charity’s support of entertainment industry members in need.
Cast and Crew of MPTF Telethon
The telethon aired live on Ktla 5, with presenting sponsors City National Bank and UCLA Health leading the philanthropic charge. Acclaimed Emmy-nominated actress and writer Yvette Nicole Brown, currently seen in Disenchanted, and beloved game show host and Emmy winner Tom Bergeron co-hosted the show on-air, with Ktla’s Sam Rubin hosting the in-studio phone bank. Writer-producer Phil Rosenthal, who also appeared during the program, and David Wild produced the show. The telethon celebrated MPTF’s significant safety net support to the entertainment community and offered viewers a night of unforgettable musical performances and appearances by special guests. Industry celebrities including Spencer Garrett, Clark Gregg, Annette O’Toole, Michael McKean, Rob Morrow, Jessica Rothe, and Adrienne Visnic took donations on a phone bank throughout the event.
Cast and Crew of MPTF Telethon
The telethon aired live on Ktla 5, with presenting sponsors City National Bank and UCLA Health leading the philanthropic charge. Acclaimed Emmy-nominated actress and writer Yvette Nicole Brown, currently seen in Disenchanted, and beloved game show host and Emmy winner Tom Bergeron co-hosted the show on-air, with Ktla’s Sam Rubin hosting the in-studio phone bank. Writer-producer Phil Rosenthal, who also appeared during the program, and David Wild produced the show. The telethon celebrated MPTF’s significant safety net support to the entertainment community and offered viewers a night of unforgettable musical performances and appearances by special guests. Industry celebrities including Spencer Garrett, Clark Gregg, Annette O’Toole, Michael McKean, Rob Morrow, Jessica Rothe, and Adrienne Visnic took donations on a phone bank throughout the event.
- 12/14/2022
- Look to the Stars
Mike Miller, international vice president of the entertainment trade union IATSE and director of the union’s Motion Picture and Television department, is a behind-the-scenes kind of guy. He admits that it’s unusual for him to speak to the Hollywood trade press — about anything. But Miller is happy to step out of his comfort zone to talk about IATSE’s role in the Roybal School of Film and Television Production, which launched in August with 150 students a secondary school campus in downtown Los Angeles
The magnet program — a partnership between Hollywood stars like George Clooney and Mindy Kaling as well as top media companies and the Los Angeles Unified School District — is hardly like a scene from “Fame,” where talented high schoolers dance, sing and act their way into the entertainment industry. Instead, the program has a more practical goal: to prepare secondary school students from underserved communities to...
The magnet program — a partnership between Hollywood stars like George Clooney and Mindy Kaling as well as top media companies and the Los Angeles Unified School District — is hardly like a scene from “Fame,” where talented high schoolers dance, sing and act their way into the entertainment industry. Instead, the program has a more practical goal: to prepare secondary school students from underserved communities to...
- 11/9/2022
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
Fubo Sports Network, a programming outlet run by streaming TV bundle provider Fubo TV, is expanding its lineup of originals and enhancing its focus on what it calls “the voice of the athlete.”
Two new shows featuring R.J. Hampton, T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Orlando Scandrick will join returning ones co-hosted by former NFL star Terrell Owens and ex-nba All-Star Gilbert Arenas.
Given their immense visibility and digital clout, athletes have been flooding into the media business in recent years, led by a vanguard of NBA stars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Draymond Green. Helped by the advent of social media and podcasting, which has helped turn figures like former NFL punter Pat McAfee into major media players, the new wave of programming aims to foreground the experience of players and disrupt the long-entrenched norms of how games were broadcast to the masses.
Fubo Sports Network launched in 2019, four...
Two new shows featuring R.J. Hampton, T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Orlando Scandrick will join returning ones co-hosted by former NFL star Terrell Owens and ex-nba All-Star Gilbert Arenas.
Given their immense visibility and digital clout, athletes have been flooding into the media business in recent years, led by a vanguard of NBA stars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Draymond Green. Helped by the advent of social media and podcasting, which has helped turn figures like former NFL punter Pat McAfee into major media players, the new wave of programming aims to foreground the experience of players and disrupt the long-entrenched norms of how games were broadcast to the masses.
Fubo Sports Network launched in 2019, four...
- 8/30/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Walton Goggins, you are go for narration. The Unicorn star is lending his voice to Nasa & SpaceX: Journey to the Future, the two-hour documentary set to air next week on both Discovery and Science Channel.
The Justified Emmy nominee will narrate the project that documents Wednesday’s Nasa launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Capsule, known as Demo-2.
“Walton Goggins is the voice of the new era of space,” executive producer Aaron Fishman said.
A film crew was granted unprecedented access to Nasa and to SpaceX headquarters, giving viewers a rare glimpse inside Launch Control and firsthand accounts from SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk, Nasa Administrator Jim Bridentstine and the astronauts flying the mission: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
The documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes action with the teams of SpaceX engineers, Nasa employees and scientists as they fulfill the SpaceX mission to “fly,...
The Justified Emmy nominee will narrate the project that documents Wednesday’s Nasa launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Capsule, known as Demo-2.
“Walton Goggins is the voice of the new era of space,” executive producer Aaron Fishman said.
A film crew was granted unprecedented access to Nasa and to SpaceX headquarters, giving viewers a rare glimpse inside Launch Control and firsthand accounts from SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk, Nasa Administrator Jim Bridentstine and the astronauts flying the mission: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
The documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes action with the teams of SpaceX engineers, Nasa employees and scientists as they fulfill the SpaceX mission to “fly,...
- 5/22/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: America will usher in a new era of space flight next week, and Discovery and Science Channel are offering a front-row seat. The sibling nets will share live coverage of the May 27 launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Capsule that will send astronauts into space from the U.S. for the first time since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011.
Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space starts at 11 a.m. Pt/2 p.m. Et from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Fl. Among the guests lined up for the program are singing star Katy Perry, Mythbusters host Adam Savage and Nasa engineer-turned-YouTuber Mark Rober. A quartet of current and former astronauts and Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine will offer expert insight for the program, which also will feature an interview with astronaut Chris Cassidy from the International Space Station — where the SpaceX mission is headed.
Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space starts at 11 a.m. Pt/2 p.m. Et from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Fl. Among the guests lined up for the program are singing star Katy Perry, Mythbusters host Adam Savage and Nasa engineer-turned-YouTuber Mark Rober. A quartet of current and former astronauts and Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine will offer expert insight for the program, which also will feature an interview with astronaut Chris Cassidy from the International Space Station — where the SpaceX mission is headed.
- 5/20/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Fletcher.
If the Federal Government needed any further vindication for imposing a mandatory code which will force Google, Facebook and other international digital platforms to pay Australian media companies for sharing news content, Google Australia’s latest financial results are timely.
The Internet giant last week revealed advertising revenues in Oz in calendar 2019 jumped by 16 per cent to $4.3 billion – and it made a pre-tax profit of $134 million on net revenues of $1.2 billion.
Paul Fletcher, the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, tells If: “Google extracts a lot of advertising revenue from the Australian market, as their latest results confirm.
“It is another illustration of the substantial market power of Google and Facebook which the Accc highlighted in its report last year.
“Google and Facebook use content that is generated by Australian media businesses to accumulate eyeballs which they are monetising through advertising revenue.”
Nine chairman Peter Costello and News Corp.
If the Federal Government needed any further vindication for imposing a mandatory code which will force Google, Facebook and other international digital platforms to pay Australian media companies for sharing news content, Google Australia’s latest financial results are timely.
The Internet giant last week revealed advertising revenues in Oz in calendar 2019 jumped by 16 per cent to $4.3 billion – and it made a pre-tax profit of $134 million on net revenues of $1.2 billion.
Paul Fletcher, the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, tells If: “Google extracts a lot of advertising revenue from the Australian market, as their latest results confirm.
“It is another illustration of the substantial market power of Google and Facebook which the Accc highlighted in its report last year.
“Google and Facebook use content that is generated by Australian media businesses to accumulate eyeballs which they are monetising through advertising revenue.”
Nine chairman Peter Costello and News Corp.
- 5/18/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Another hot American Film Market package being unveiled today: Jessica Chastain will play a troubled artist in comedy-drama Losing Clementine. Argentine filmmaker Lucía Puenzo has been enlisted to helm the feature, which Sierra/Affinity will be shopping at the Santa Monica market this week.
As we revealed last year, Sentient Entertainment’s Renee Tab picked up feature rights to Ashley Ream’s debut novel of the same name and brought Better Call Saul writer and producer Ann Cherkis onboard to adapt the screenplay.
Pic follows world-renowned and sharp-tongued artist Clementine Pritchard (Chastain) who has decided she’s done. After flushing away her meds, she gives herself 31 days to tie up loose ends. While checking off her bucket list she uncovers secrets about her family and the tragedy that befell her mother and sister.
Sentient president Tab, who recently exec produced the Jennifer Garner thriller Peppermint, developed, packaged, raised finance and...
As we revealed last year, Sentient Entertainment’s Renee Tab picked up feature rights to Ashley Ream’s debut novel of the same name and brought Better Call Saul writer and producer Ann Cherkis onboard to adapt the screenplay.
Pic follows world-renowned and sharp-tongued artist Clementine Pritchard (Chastain) who has decided she’s done. After flushing away her meds, she gives herself 31 days to tie up loose ends. While checking off her bucket list she uncovers secrets about her family and the tragedy that befell her mother and sister.
Sentient president Tab, who recently exec produced the Jennifer Garner thriller Peppermint, developed, packaged, raised finance and...
- 11/4/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.