Writers Guild of America

Hollywood Writers Join Union Boycott of Beverly Hills Hotels

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Hotel workers with Unite Here Local 11 picket outside the InterContinental hotel on the first day of a strike by union members at many major hotels in Southern California on July 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. The union represents nearly 15,000 workers from 65 major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange Counties who are calling for higher pay and increased benefits. Affected hotels are currently remaining open with management and nonunion staff attempting to fill in during the strike ahead of the 4th of July holiday.

Round 40 Hollywood writers have joined a resort union boycott of two Los Angeles resorts, the Cameo Beverly Hills by Hilton and the Beverly Hills Marriott. The Good Place creator Mike Schur, Emily in Paris author and co-executive producer Grant Sloss, The Simpsons author and govt producer Ian Maxtone-Graham and Abbott Elementary supervising producer and author … Read more

Hollywood Writers, Actors Struggle for Health Insurance After Strikes

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Hollywood Writers, Actors Struggle for Health Insurance After Strikes

In April, actor Miki Yamashita says she acquired a well being prognosis that requires surgical procedure to take away non-cancerous tumors. That’s when the performer, who has appeared on Cobra Kai and voiced a personality on The Lion Guard, started the race to aim to qualify for her union’s medical health insurance plan by June … Read more