On March 4, Hollywood's major crew unions began negotiating their health and retirement benefits with studios and streamers, with Hollywood Teamsters Director Lindsay Dougherty saying, “We will strike if it it is necessary” during the negotiations. But some members of the Los Angeles-area crew say that following the writers' and actors' walkout in 2023, there … Read more
A coalition of Hollywood unions at the bottom came together Sunday on the eve of their final contract negotiations. They threatened to launch a historic strike against the Alliance of Film and Television Producers if their demands were not met. Such a work stoppage would follow two strikes in 2023 by writers and industry actors … Read more
It's another dark day for the gaming industry as there is more news from . This time it is it destroys his studios. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) it is laying off around 900 employees from its PlayStation division, or around 8% of that department's workforce. Insomniac (Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank), Naughty Dog (The Last … Read more
Another notable game studio is laying off a significant portion of its workforce. Supermassive Games, the developer behind interactive horror titles And cuts around 90 jobs, according to . That's almost a third of the studio's more than 300 employees. Supermassive confirmed that the studio will reorganize itself. “As a result, we are entering a … Read more
is the latest in a long line of technology companies to lay off employees this year. The nonprofit company is laying off about 60 people, which equates to about five percent of its workforce. Most of those leaving Mozilla worked in the product development team. The news was first reported by . “We are reducing … Read more
The tech industry has been reeling from the combination of a rough economy, the COVID-19 pandemic and some obvious business missteps. And while that led to job cuts in 2022, the headcount reductions unfortunately ramped up in 2023 and so far, seem to be accelerating in 2024. It can be tough to keep track of … Read more
A group of visual effects artists who work on to have . Fifty-seven of 88 eligible workers at TCF US Productions 27 (a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios) voted for the union in elections to the National Labor Relations Board. Nineteen workers voted against this initiative and two ballots were invalid. TCF US Productions 27 … Read more