Contract

Disagreements over the degree to which Hollywood’s movie studios should be allowed to digitally capture, own in perpetuity, and use the likenesses of living actors without oversight or restrictions are some of the biggest reasons why the members of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) have been on strike this year. After over four months of picket lines, thinly veiled threats from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), and a general work…

Members of the United Auto Workers union picket outside the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Sept. 26, 2023.Matthew Hatcher | AFP | Getty ImagesDETROIT – Union members at Ford Motor approved a tentative agreement Friday, concluding contentious contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and Detroit automakers.UAW-Ford workers were the last of the Detroit automakers to ratify their pact after General Motors workers narrowly approved an agreement Thursday and Stellantis workers supported their…

United Auto Workers members rally outside Stellantis' Ram 1500 plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, after the union called a strike at the plant on Oct. 23, 2023.Michael Wayland / CNBCDETROIT – United Auto Workers members at Chrysler owner Stellantis have ratified a new labor contract following a historically contentious round of bargaining between the union and company, according to preliminary results posted Friday by the union.The deal is the second this week for the Detroit automakers. A deal with General Motors…

Workers at General Motors approved a tentative agreement following a six-week strike earlier this fall. Workers at General Motors have voted to ratify a new labor contract with sweeping pay increases, according to figures published Thursday, a landmark step after a major auto industry strike this year.…

Striking members of the California Association of Professional Scientists march in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Thousands of scientists who work for California have begun a three-day strike over lack of progress on contract talks. Credit: Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP Thousands of scientists who work for California began a rolling three-day strike Wednesday—the first walkout by a state civil…

DARPA has announced the four companies that will compete for the contract to design, build and test an X-Plane demonstrator capable of high-speed cruise, hover and VTOL for its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project. The SPRINT X-Plane will be "a proof-of-concept technology demonstrator and its flight test program seeks to validate enabling technologies and integrated concepts that can be scaled to different size military aircraft." Specific technical requirements for the demonstrator, according to Top…

Last Updated: November 10, 2023, 14:50 ISTHAL And Airbus Sign Contract For Nashik’s Civil Aircraft Maintenance And Repair. (Photo: Free Press Journal)Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) & Airbus have signed a pivotal contract for Maintenance, Repair, & Overhaul (MRO) facilities for A-320 aircraft in Nashik. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian aerospace and defence firm in the public sector.The organization develops, plans, builds, and delivers aircraft, helicopters, avionics, and communications…

Last week when SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the details around the issue of artificial intelligence were at the top of everyone’s mind. Now, the union has released specific language around how AI provisions will appear in the contract. A graphic chart breaks down how the union and the studios plan to regulate artificial intelligence for actors across the entertainment industry. In the case of artificial intelligence,…

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and other higher-ups at the union defended the union’s new contract with the studios, especially after some members criticized provisions dealing with the use of artificial intelligence. As Variety reports, Drescher called out the “naysayers” during a Zoom meeting with members on Monday, Nov. 13, saying they have “exploited this momentum of ours” and “tried to tear down what was being done in the negotiating committee.” SAG members will vote to ratify the tentative contract…

Streaming services will pay bonuses of roughly $40 million per year as part of the tentative labor agreement reached between the SAG-AFTRA actors union and major Hollywood studios, union leaders said on Friday after their board backed the deal. Also read: Actors strike ends: Deadpool 3 shoot to resume, Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp says ‘we did it’ SAG-AFTRA union President Fran Drescher and SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland pose for a group photo.(REUTERS) The proposed three-year…