L.A. Mayor Vows to Cut Red Tape and Make It Easier to Shoot Movies and Shows In the City
20 May 2025L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is advancing efforts to streamline film and television production in Los Angeles amid cries for further policymaker intervention on the issue of runaway production.-
IATSE VFX Members Overwhelmingly Ratify First Three Contracts With Major Studios in the US
20 May 2025Visual Effects (VFX) workers for Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, and movie franchise Avatar have voted overwhelmingly to approve their first collective bargaining agreements since unionizing in 2023, the union announced Friday. -
Three US Policy Developments Regarding Artificial Intelligence for Behind-the-Scenes Entertainment Workers
20 May 2025In a statement Wednesday, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) commended Part 3 of the U.S. Copyright Office’s Report on artificial intelligence (AI), questioned the attempted firing of Register of Copyrights and Director of the Copyright Office Shira Perlmutter, and opposed Federal Preemption of State AI Protections as recently proposed in the House Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Package. -
Labor and Workplace Health and Safety Groups Sue to Restore Programs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
20 May 2025Unions across nursing, education, mining and manufacturing industries, along with a manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE), today sued the Trump administration to reverse the illegal dismantling of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). -
Getting to Net Zero: Part III
12 May 2025The introduction of mobile Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) has led to a paradigm shift in how power is sourced, distributed, and managed on movie sets and in live events.
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Sweetened New York Production Incentives a Go as State Budget Passes
12 May 2025The delayed New York State budget has been signed and sealed by Gov. Kathy Hochul with expanded incentives for film and television production. -
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Unions Push Back Against Proposed Elimination of the NEA, NEH, and CPB
07 May 2025Last week the Trump Administration released President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 “Skinny” Budget Request, which called for eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Proposes $7.5 Billion Federal Film Incentive After Trump Floats Tariffs
06 May 2025Just a day after Donald Trump revealed his plan to impose 100% tariffs on “any and all” films produced in “foreign lands,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday he wants to collaborate with the president to create a $7.5 billion federal tax incentive to help the film industry. -
IATSE on President Trump Movie Tariff Announcement: ‘U.S. Needs Balanced Federal Response to Return Film and TV Jobs’
06 May 2025IATSE continues to pursue all policy measures that can be implemented to return and maintain U.S. film and television jobs, while not disadvantaging our Canadian members. -
Los Angeles Camera Operator Training
06 May 2025The National Training Committee conducted a hybrid two-day Camera Operator Workshop on May 3 and 4. -
Los Angeles International Workers Day March
05 May 2025On Thursday, May 1, Local 600 members participated in a mass mobilization in downtown Los Angeles for International Workers Day. -
New York May Day March & Rally
05 May 2025Local 600 Members took part in the New York May Day March and Rally in celebration of International Workers Day on May 1, 2025.
