Writers Guild of America members employed by Sesame Workshop have struck a tentative contract deal with management, averting a strike after negotiations stalled over compensation and union representation for the nonprofit organization's animation and social media staff. The bargaining unit of 35 — which includes the "Sesame Street" writing staff — and Sesame Workshop settled on a new five-year contract Friday, the day their previous agreement expired. The new deal includes jurisdiction and...
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational content company behind long-running series Sesame Street, has agreed a tentative contract deal with its writers, averting a potential strike. Members of the
UPDATED, 4:53 PM: Writers Guild members at Sesame Workshop have reached a tentative deal with management to avoid a threatened strike. A ratification vote on the new five-year collective bargaining agreement will be held in the coming days. The WGA said its 35 Sesame Workshop writers won “historic” jurisdiction and minimum rates for animation and new […]
Devastating the collective political cartoonists of America—forced to crumple up potentially hundreds of hastily scrawled cartoons depicting Bert and Ernie screaming slogans while out on the picket lines—Deadline reports tonight that the Writers Guild Of America has reached a tentative agreement with Sesame Workshop, likely avoiding a strike that could have shut down production of long-running children’s educational series Sesame Street. The 35 writers on the series had authorized a vote to...
Villagers living in Barnham, West Sussex say there lives are being made miserable by groups of feral teenagers causing trouble.
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Following a presumed Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins renewed international calls for de-escalation. Israel has not commented on the attack, which saw projectiles reach deep into Iran. Also on the programme: the US Congress moves closer to approving $60 billion of aid for Ukraine; in India voting begins in the world’s biggest election. (Picture: Antony Blinken at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Capri, Italy, April 19, 2024.Credit:...
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EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Thursday that it's hosting its Job Fair Day outreach on Tuesday. According to USPS, personnel with the postal service will be present at various post offices throughout the Commonwealth to help applicants during Job Fair Day, Tuesday, April 30, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 []
Unionized Canadian entertainment writers voted to authorize a strike this week, following in the footsteps of their peers in the U.S.
The prominent literary and free expression group cancelled its awards after a backlash from nominees.
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