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IATSE Strike Averted by Provisional Deal That Faces Worker Dissent, Possible Rejection

Negotiations Stop Hollywood Shut-Down, But Dismayed Workers Discuss Rejecting Deal IATSE-AMPTP negotiations may not have gotten quite the “Hollywood ending” initially touted by the union after a tentative agreement was reached on Saturday night. While IATSE claimed victory with a “landmark” agreement, outlets from Variety to Indiewire have reported the deal could be rejected by union members who disappointed […]

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IATSE Authorizes Potentially Historic Strike in Landslide Vote, Negotiations Continue

Streaming Contract Negotiations May Auger Future for Other Hollywood Guilds Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE, voted overwhelmingly earlier this week to authorize a strike if negotiations break down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The vote to authorize the strike was a landslide with 98.7% of 90% of

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Amazon Prime Video Direct Expels Indie Docs and Shorts from Streaming Platform

Worsens Conditions for Many Filmmakers Relying on Streaming During Pandemic In late February, a number of independent documentarians found the already difficult tasks of accessing new audiences at home and making ends meet in a pandemic even more arduous when their films were expelled from Amazon Prime Video Direct as part of a blanket policy

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