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Theorist Media Creatives Announce Joint Union Drive With The Motion Picture Editors Guild & The Writers Guild Of America West
December 30, 2025 // The organizing effort includes Workers performing a wide range of work - from editing and writing to sound design to thumbnail creation and digital production. Workers first reached out to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), while the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) joined the campaign to coordinate organizing efforts for Writers. The Motion Picture Editors Guild - IATSE Local 700, is leading the effort for the IATSE-represented classifications.
Failed negotiations resulted in union members walking out on the job at news outlets in 2024
January 2, 2025 // During election week, Times staffers dressed in red marched and chanted outside the paper’s Midtown Manhattan office with "Scabby," the giant, inflatable rat that is symbolic of New York City labor disputes, perched outside 620 Eighth Avenue. "We are not a joke, we are not playing," a Guild leader told the crowd on Nov. 4. A New York Times Company spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital that the newspaper was "disappointed" in the timing of the strike.
Commentary: Labor unions are mobilizing in new and old industries alike
October 6, 2024 // How job security issues are addressed following this wave of strikes could set the tone for what other hospitality, manufacturing and transportation unions seek when their contracts are up for negotiation again.The Conversation