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UPDATED with AMPTP statement: The Hollywood Basic Crafts have sealed the deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, ratifying their new three-year contracts with the studios by overwhelming margins. The new deals encompass the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 399…

It was getting a little too close to the deadline for comfort, but the Teamsters and the studios have a deal. After a long final sprint of talks that had more than a few executives and labor leaders on edge, Teamsters Local 399 announced just before midnight Saturday that the Hollywood Basic Crafts…

EXCLUSIVE: It’s been nearly two weeks since IATSE reached a tentative agreement with the studios on a new film and TV contract, and the union is now ready to reveal the full contract to its members. The complete memorandum of agreements between IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television…

The Teamsters say they are willing to extend bargaining with the studios deeper into the month, but the AMPTP needs to step it up if they really want a deal. "Next week, we hope to see the AMPTP ready to sit back down at the table and be prepared to bargain and 'care' about the issues our members…

IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said Thursday that they have reached a tentative agreement on all issues for the Area Standards Agreement, the companion contract to the Basic Agreement that got its own tentative deal Tuesday night. The latest agreement between the…

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with joint statement: With more than a month to go before IATSE’s current contracts expires, the union and the studios have come to a tentative agreement on a new deal. As fears of another Hot Labor Summer had Hollywood anxious, the successful negotiation news Tuesday evening…

The Hollywood Basic Crafts are putting the ball firmly in the studios’ court to strike new three-year deals with the below-the-line unions before the clock strikes midnight on July 31. The Basic Crafts — which include Teamsters Local 399, LiUNA! Local 724, IBEW Local 40, OPCMIA Local 755, and UA…

The Hollywood Basic Crafts have officially wrapped the first week of negotiations on a new three-year agreement with the studios. In a memo to members, the unions — which include Teamsters Local 399, IBEW Local 40, LiUNA! Local 724, OPCMIA Local 755 and UA Local 78 — said more talks with the Alliance…

The temperature is rising, but it's not another Hot Labor Summer in Hollywood – yet. IATSE and the studios have penciled in a return to negotiations in about two weeks on a new deal on the Hollywood Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement. The sit-down on a three-year contract for the…

With IATSE’s deal still up in the air, Teamsters Local 399 is taking up the mantle Monday to negotiate on a new three-year contract with the studios. On behalf of her members, Teamsters Local 399 chief Lindsay Dougherty is ready to drive a hard bargain with the Alliance of Motion Picture and…

Hollywood might be experiencing some labor déjà vu today as IATSE talks with the studios look certain to go down to the wire with just under two months before the union’s contracts expire. The union announced Thursday that it had not yet reached a deal on the Basic Agreement nor the Area Standards…

IATSE is still chipping away at a new three-year deal with the studios, even as the union’s scheduled bargaining days dwindle. The union revealed over the weekend that talks on the Area Standards Agreement, which were scheduled to conclude by Friday, will continue later this month. The union is now…