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IATSE hopes to wrap up bargaining with the studios by June 27, adding four more days to the schedule.

IATSE will take a 2-week break in contract negotiations with Hollywood studios, with plans for a new round of talks starting June 24

The union & the AMPTP have set a deadline of midnight tonight to reach the LA Locals based Basic Agreement portion of their overall talks

IATSE spent much of the first week of 'general' negotiations with the studios focused on a major shortfall in the pension and health plans.

With all 13 IATSE Locals reaching tentative agreements with the AMPTP, now the real fight begins, with IATSE starting general negotiations April 29.

IATSE hopes that negotiations on craft-specific issues will build momentum for the Basic Agreement talks, which start April 29.

IATSE announced Friday that two more local guilds have reached tentative deals on a new contract, bringing the union closer to an agreement on all “craft-specific” matters. The latest deals involve Local 728, which covers set lighting technicians, and Local 892, the Costume Designers Guild. With those agreements, 10 of the 13 “West Coast” locals …

Amid Basic Agreement bargaining, the Editors Guild is the latest IATSE local to reach a tentative agreement on crafts-specific items with AMPTP.

Below-the-line unions contract talks began days before the Academy Awards ceremony

IATSE president Matthew Loeb talks AI, streaming residuals, pay hikes and more key issues as the union's contract talks with AMPTP begin next week.