Tag: picket
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Santa Monica Hotel workers picket AFM hub, Le Meridian Delfina | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Around 40 hotel workers are making their voices heard today (November 1), striking outside the American Film Market’s (AFM) hub, Le Meridian Delfina. Hundreds of hotel workers from multiple properties across Santa Monica have been striking since June, demanding that hotels pay them living wages that allow them to afford housing, as well as…
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Kurtis Blows Joins SAG-AFTRA Picket Lines- Armessa Music News
[ad_1] HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jerritt Clark / Getty / Kurtis Blow Actors still striking got an ally in Hip-Hop legend Kurtis Blow. Spotted on Deadline, Hip Hop Alliance co-founder Kurtis Blow joined the actors on the picket line as SAG-AFTRA continues ongoing negotiations with studios to secure a fair deal for the striking…
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The Film Comment Podcast: From the Picket Line – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] As this year’s historic strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have shaken up the entertainment industry and film festivals, they’ve brought to the forefront a truth sometimes elided by cinema’s glamorous facade: that movies are made by workers. In a business increasingly…
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Indie producers await SAG-AFTRA clarity on waivers as union members join picket lines | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] As SAG-AFTRA members took to the picket lines in the United States on Friday for the first day of the Guild’s strike and Hollywood ceased productions around the world, the independent community was awaiting further details from the Guild about waivers. At time of writing a number of producers told Screen they were expecting…
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SAG-AFTRA Votes To Strike & Join The WGA On Picket Lines- Armessa Music News
[ad_1] HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty / SAG-AFTRA Hollywood is officially shut down after actors joined the writers on the picket line following SAG-AFTRA unanimously voting to strike against TV and film companies for only the second time in Hollywood history. Spotted on Variety, actors will officially join the picket…
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‘The Full Monty’ writers picket series premiere in support of US writers’ strike | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The Full Monty series creator Simon Beaufoy and co-writer Alice Nutter have demonstrated their support for the US writers’ strike by picketing the Disney+ show’s premiere, which took place last night (Monday, June 5) in Sheffield. Nutter posted on Twitter ahead of the premiere, on May 18: “Worked on The Full Monty TV show…
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Trans Takeover Picket at Netflix Spotlights LGBT Struggles – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Pink and blue hues overwhelmed the stretch of Sunset Boulevard outside Netflix on Thursday as the “Trans Takeover” picket drew at least 200 writers and allies to address concerns about trans employment and how the community is portrayed in pop culture. “Trans people are workers too. We’re in solidarity with the labor movement around…
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The Scene from the Picket Lines – IndieWire – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] “No pages without fair wages!” “Don’t you want to know how ‘The Last of Us’ ends?” “Please don’t make me have to move back to Ohio!” The WGA Strike of 2023 is now in full swing, and the writers who formed picket lines Tuesday afternoon across Los Angeles and New York City are mad…
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WGA strike begins as picket lines stretch around Hollywood blocks | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Picket lines stretched the length of street blocks on Tuesday (May 2) as striking Writers Guild Of America (WGA) members kicked off industrial action in Los Angeles and New York after six weeks of ill-fated contract negotiations with the studios, streamers and networks. Writers in Hollywood picketed Netflix, Paramount Pictures and CBS Television City…