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told the Las Vegas Review-Journal, “There are performers there that have been with the show for seven years, one of them has been there 10 years, and there are no benefits offered for the performers.”“To me, that is kind of a minimum that companies should be able to provide for, especially for their full-time performers,” Godinez added.The musclemen are seeking health benefits and higher wages but that is not the extent of the issues chapping their cheeks.Other issues include compensation for image and likeness that are used on countless products such as posters, billboards, cups, calendars, playing cards, magnets, and t-shirts. Chipps workers say they are also expected to mingle with attendees of the show after the performance but are not compensated for that labor.The union membership would cover the residency show in the Rio Hotel and both the national and international touring productions.

another work stoppage in Hollywood.The SAG-AFTRA has called a strike of the Interactive Media Agreement that covers video game performers, effective Friday, the union said Thursday.The decision follows months of negotiations with major videogame companies including Activision Productions, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive, Disney Character Voices and Warner Bros Discovery’s WB Games.The Interactive Media Agreement expired in November 2022 and was being extended on a monthly basis during the talks.“Although agreements have been reached on many issues important to SAG-AFTRA members, the employers refuse to plainly affirm, in clear and enforceable language, that they will protect all performers covered by this contract in their AI language,” the union said in a statement.The SAG-AFTRA also represents the film and television actors who went on strike in July last year over concerns of inadequate safeguards against artificial intelligence, putting Hollywood in the midst of two simultaneous work stoppages for the first time in 63 years.Apart from AI protections, the SAG-AFTRA’s most pressing issues in the contract negotiations for videogame performers are higher pay, medical treatment and breaks for motion capture performers.SAG-AFTRA is seeking wage increases for videogame performers, saying their pay has not kept pace with inflation, and pursuing more protections for the motion-capture performers who wear markers or sensors on the skin or a body suit to help game makers create character movements.“We are disappointed the union has chosen to walk away when we are so close to a deal, and we remain prepared to resume negotiations.

Following a staff attempt to unionize, LGBTQ+ nonprofit Outfest laid off five employees, while its executive director, Damien Navarro, has taken an unanticipated leave of absence. The organization’s board said the layoffs were pre-planned. Photo: Outfest

stated they would not participate amid the ongoing Hollywood writers strike.However, new “Jeopardy!” episodes will be produced in the fall with material penned by Writers Guild of America (WGA) members before the strike began in May.“Jeopardy! never had any intention of producing a Tournament of Champions for Season 39 until the strike is resolved,” a show spokesperson confirmed to The Post on Wednesday. The statement continued, “Further, no contestants from Season 39 have been contacted regarding their availability for any postseason tournaments, including the ToC.

posted an Instagram rant on Instagram on Wednesday regarding the writers’ and actors’ labor issues, demanding that reality stars get paid residuals.“Why isn’t reality TV on strike?” Frankel, 52, said. “Reality stars should also stop shooting network and streaming content until their free content is taken down.

historian and author Nathan Ward, who penned “Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront,” in 2010.“[Cohn] said he wouldn’t make it unless they’ve turned the mobsters into communists,” Ward, a native Brooklynite, told The Post. “If it was an anti-communist movie about the waterfront, then he could make it.

will not negotiate a waiver or interim deal to allow WGA screenwriters to write a script for the show’s broadcast — leaving theater’s biggest night in limbo. “As has been previously reported, the Writers Guilds of America East and West (WGA) will not negotiate an interim agreement or a waiver for the Tony Awards,” the statement said.