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SAG-AFTRA has won an arbitration and confidential settlement with the producers of The Walking Dead over compensation due to stunt performers for the reuse of clips from the show in which they appeared. Some of those stunt personnel are unidentifiable in the clips, however, and the union is asking the stunt community…

SAG-AFTRA and nine of the video game industry's largest companies have agreed to a two-year extension of their 2017 Interactive Media Agreement covering voice-over and performance-capture performers. Under the new agreement, wage minimums will increase 3% per year and employer health and retirement contributions will…

Staffers at the Committee to Protect Journalists who have been seeking the protection of a WGA East contract have received support from more than 600 of the guild's members, including Adam McKay, Amy Schumer, and David Simon. A petition signed by their guild supporters was delivered to CPJ management today in advance…

Mel Boudrot, former president of the New York branch of the Screen Actors Guild and national board member, has died. He was 87. The guild said today that he died October 29 in Englewood, NJ.. Boudrot had recurring roles on daytime's All My Children and The Doctors but perhaps was best known as a commercial voice-over…

SAG-AFTRA's national board, at a contentious meeting tonight, passed a resolution to form a task force to "investigate and address" issues involving "paint-downs" and "wigging." The motion was brought to the board by SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris. The move, which was opposed by five stunt performers serving…

Animators at Titmouse Vancouver have unionized, voting 98% to 2% to join the Animation Guild, IATSE Local 938. IATSE says it's the first animation studio in Canada to become unionized. The studio’s many animated titles include Black Panther for BET, Star Trek: Lower Decks for CBS All Access, and Star Wars: Galaxy of Ad…

Updated with response from Actors’ Equity. SAG-AFTRA has filed a jurisdictional complaint against Actors’ Equity in their ongoing dispute over the taping of live theatrical presentations. The union filed the complaint and a request for mediation with the Associated Actors and Artistes of America – commonly known as…

The WGA sent WME and CAA a proposal today that outlines the steps they must take in order to become franchised by the guild and end their 18-month standoff over packaging fees and agency affiliations with corporately related production entities. Read the union’s letter to WME here, its letter to CAA here. See the full…

The WGA East has launched a Safe Workplace Helpline for members who experience harassment or discrimination. The launch of the helpline "puts in place a secure voicemail and email address for members to confidentially contact Guild staff and report any harassment or discrimination," said WGA East executive director Low…

The WGA East has launched the WGA Audio Alliance to help fiction writers organize high-budget scripted podcasts under the guild's contracts. In the past two years, the guild has organized several nonfiction podcast companies, including Gimlet, The Ringer and Parcast. And though most of the 600,000 podcasts currently…

The Casting Society of America will host a town hall on Thursday to explore diversity, equity and inclusion in the casting process. The virtual gathering is co-sponsored by the CSA's Black, Indigenous and People of Color Alliance and will be moderated by Dr. Darnisa Amante-Jackson, CEO of the Disruptive Equity…

The WGA West's political action committee has endorsed Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris for vice president. The guild's PAC joins entertainment industry unions IATSE, the American Federation of Musicians, and Actors' Equity in endorsing the Democratic challengers to President Donald Trump and VP Mike…