Sean Obrien: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: A documentary now in production will examine the UPS workforce and its union, even as the package shipping company faces the possibility of a strike that could impact the entire U.S. economy.

Matt Berninger has announced a series of intimate UK solo shows and Q&A events set for this spring.The National frontman will perform three stripped-back shows, joined by producer Sean O’Brien and Julia Laws (Ronboy), both of whom feature on his upcoming record, ‘Get Sunk’, which was previewed earlier this month with new single ‘Bonnet Of Pins’.The performances mark the first opportunity for UK audiences to hear material from the new record, which arrives on 30th May via Concord/Book Records, and marks the second solo album from Berninger, following on from his 2020 debut ‘Serpentine Prison’.Visit here to pre-order the new album, and here to order tickets, which go on sale Wednesday (March 26) at 10am.Alongside the intimate shows, Berninger will also take part in several Q&A sessions, with these included events at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club with BBC Radio 6’s Chris Hawkins, London’s KEF Music Gallery with Huw Stephens, and Union Chapel with Matt Everitt.A post shared by Matt Berninger (@greengloves777)Following these April dates, Berninger will embark on a tour across North America, the UK, and Europe.These kick off with a series of North American stops this spring, commencing in Seattle on May 19. Other shows include stops in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and more.

The board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said that it would make no presidential endorsement this cycle.

Kamala Harris sat down today in Washington D.C. with the Teamsters’ leadership and members for what could be the precursor to an endorsement for the Vice President from the powerful union.  

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA leader Duncan Crabtree-Ireland earned $1.02 million last year, making him the ninth highest paid union official in the U.S., according to filings with the Department of Labor. The professional athletes unions pay the highest salaries in labor, led by the NFL Players Association, which paid $8.2 million last year to its former executive director DeMaurice Smith. Six of the eight highest-earning labor officials work for the baseball, basketball and football unions.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Actors’ Equity Association joined numerous other unions Friday in endorsing Kamala Harris for president, citing her record of support for labor issues. The union represents 51,000 actors and stage managers who work in live entertainment. Its legislative priorities include the PRO Act, which would make it easier for unions to organize, and the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act, which would restore income tax deductions for performers’ business expenses.

Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien may be wanting to make friends with Donald Trump, but Local 399 want to secure a new deal for their entertainment industry members, and are extending talks with the studios into next week. The Hollywood Teamsters and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will back at the table next week in hopes of crafting a deal before the Teamsters’ current contract expires on July 31.

Viewership of the first night of the Republican National Convention rose slightly from 2020, with an estimated 18.13 million tuning in to the 10 p.m. ET hour across 12 networks, according to Nielsen.

Michaela Zee Model and rapper Amber Rose spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, where she voiced her support for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “I’m here tonight to tell you, no matter your political background, that the best chance we have to give our babies a better life is to elect Donald Trump president of the United States,” Rose said on stage. “I’m no politician and I don’t wanna be, but I do care about the truth, and the truth is that the media has lied to us about Donald Trump,” she added.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Teamsters are sending a shot across the bow, warning that they remain “far apart” in talks with the studios with less than three weeks to go before their contract expires. Teamsters Local 399 and the other Basic Crafts unions have spent four weeks in negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and have further discussions set through July 19. In an update on Friday night, the union said “we still remain far apart on our core priorities,” and warned that the contract would not be extended beyond the July 31 expiration.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has landed a “historic” tentative agreement with UPS to avert a major labor strike.

“Look who’s running Hollywood right now, corporate America,” declared Teamster president Sean O’Brien on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA picket line outside Amazon’s LA HQ. Big corporations, they don’t care about their people. They care about the bottom line and the balance sheet,” he added with Hollywood Teamster leader Lindsay Dougherty by his side.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has approved a $2 million fund to support motion picture Teamsters impacted by the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, which is now in its 56th day. The aid package was approved unanimously by the IBT’s General Executive Board.

Teamsters leaders, saying their members “do not cross picket lines,” have joined the chorus of unions supporting the WGA in its ongoing negotiations for a new film and TV contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Those talks are now in their final week, and a strike, if it comes to that, could come as early as next Tuesday.

Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 has been granted the film and TV jurisdiction of Teamsters Local 492 in New Mexico following an investigation by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and an audit of Local 492’s financial records. Effective immediately, Local 492 members working in the motion picture industry will become members of Local 399.

Lindsay Dougherty will succeed Steve Dayan as leader of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399, making her the first woman to ever hold the local’s top post.

Hollywood Teamsters Local 399’s Lindsay Dougherty has been named director of the Teamsters Motion Picture and Theatrical Trades Division, which represents thousands of Teamsters working in film, television, commercials, and live theater across the U.S. and Canada.

Questions about the role newly elected Teamsters president Sean O’Brien played in a thuggish 2014 labor dispute on the Boston set of Top Chef are still dogging him, resurfacing recently in the run-up to his election last week.