Labor Strikes and Disputes

A Child Left Behind

Crew Members on Spike TV's '1,000 Ways to Die' Fired for Trying to Unionize

Former employees and union groups have set up a picket line outside the Burbank headquarters of Original Productions, the company behind the shows 'Deadliest Catch,' 'Ice Road Truckers,' and 'Storage Wars.' The picket comes after the production company dismissed the entire crew of the show '1,000 ... More >>

Academy Awards in Trouble? Oscar Statuette Makers Issue Ominous Statement About Labor Woes at Their Factory

Bring it on down to Oscarville.​The 84th Academy Awards, set for February, has had a dark cloud hanging over it, and the weather doesn't seem to be clearing. After Brett Ratner pulled out of his production gig following his utterance of an anti-gay slur (and Eddie Murphy then exited as host), ... More >>

Occupy Ports: L.A. Occupiers to Halt Sea Commerce for 'Day Without Goldman Sachs'

Though they've arguably got bigger things to worry about right now -- like where in the world they're going to live, come LAPD eviction -- Occupy L.A. organizers are chattering about another big day of action on December 12: Occupy Ports. (And they'll have to recuperate by January 2, when they plan ... More >>

W Hotel Hollywood to See 24-Hour Workers' Strike Over Breaks: Sexy Music Video Dancers to Join in (Really)

NBCLet's hope these video dancers don't show up.​The L.A. hipster is in a bad place right now. Does she join Occupy L.A. and get dirty on the lawn of City Hall or continue to base her activism on the fact that she only wears American Apparel underwear? It's only going to get tougher, because ... More >>

Trader Joe's Will be Swarmed as Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons Workers Take a Last Step Toward a Strike

vallartasupermarket.com​Updated: It's ova. A settlement has been reached, city Councilman Eric Garcetti tweeted. First posted at 7 a.m. Friday Looks like you're going to be shopping at Trader Joe's, the dollar store, and maybe Vallarta. That's because the workers at Ralphs, Vons and Albertso ... More >>

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Uncomfortably Finds Itself in the Middle of a Knock-Down Union Blow Out

The Bilerico ProjectL.A. Gay & Lesbian Center CEO Lorri Jean​The Los Angles Gay & Lesbian Center, which bills itself as the "world's largest LGBT organization," probably hoped its battle with hotel workers union Unite Here Local 11 would somehow fade away before its big gala dinner this Satur ... More >>

Workers At Andaz Hotel In West Hollywood On Strike, Picketing

​Updated with reporting and photos from Weekly reporter Steve La, at the Andaz. Workers of Unite Here Local 11 hotel workers union began picketing the trendy and tony Andaz at 4 this morning, as a work stoppage starts there over "staff cuts, reduced hours, and excessive injury rates," accordin ... More >>

Hollywood Movie And Television Industry Prepping For Teamster Strike

​Movie and television industry productions are prepping for a possible strike by Hollywood transportation workers if their current contract expires on August 1 without a new deal, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The negotiations began on June 14. Though it is possible the Teamsters could ... More >>

Los Angeles 911 Operators Stage Sickout

​More than 80 Los Angeles city 911 operators staged a sickout Friday to protest furloughs and budget cuts that took effect Thursday as part of the city's new fiscal-year budget, a representative of the Los Angeles police union confirmed to LA Weekly. Tweets went out to the police union's lead ... More >>

SoCal Clerical Workers' Strike At L.A. Ports Mellow So Far

​Though clerical workers at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports went on strike Thursday against several shipping terminals, daily operations were not disturbed, according to the Associated Press. Only about 30 people from the ports' 900-member Office Clerical Unit of the International Longshore ... More >>

California Nurses' Strike Threat: Is It Really About Swine Flu?

California nurses have threatened a major walk-out on Oct. 30. Judging by the headlines in the press -- "Nurses Plan Strike Over Swine Flu Conditions at Hospitals," says the L.A. Times -- you'd almost believe that 16,000 nurses' biggest concern is that they might be infected with H1N1.Score one for ... More >>

Ralphs Trial Stunner: All Defendants Acquitted

During the long, bitter 2003-4 strike and lockout of Southern California supermarket workers, members of Local 770 of the United Food and Commercial Workers  would tell stories on the picket line of how some of their erstwhile union colleagues were working back at Ralphs stores -- but under ali ... More >>

Two Local Strikes on the Horizon

A pair of labor disputes that could have far-reaching effects on the L.A. economy are edging into the spotlight. Tomorrow morning Local 675 of the United Steelworkers of America will seek a strike sanction from the L.A. County Federation of Labor. The union, whose local and national negotiating comm ... More >>

A Macro Assault on Hollywood Unions July 2, 2008

The mother of all strikes is yet to come

In the Strike Zone

Is the unthinkable about to happen again?

Obama Buddy Is Union Buster

Tyler Perry is on the outs with everyone — except Oprah and Barack

Calm Down. SAG Will Not Be a WGA Strike Sequel.

But when will Hollywood ever get back to work?

The Details the Moguls Don't Want You to Know

"And the Award [for Worst Oscars Ever] Goes To ..."

Academy needs a face-lift, not just Botox

Will the [Crappy] WGA Deal Go Down?

Don't be surprised if writers revolt over this one

At the River I Stand

Mel Brooks at American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre

Disaster in the Making

Moguls following their own script

Strike by the Minute

Strike Fix

Highlights from Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily

Secret Agent Men

How the tenpercenters formed a road map to peace during the strike’s dark days

On a Collision Course

Why TV showrunners could be the collateral damage of this writers’ strike

Download This!

WGA Strike Q&A

The 411 on the “Holloween” fear and loathing

WGA's Biggest Enemy

A fed up writers’ union hopes to appeal to a sense of fair play. In Hollywood

Reality Strikes

Top Model scribes choose picket line over catwalk

Off-Road Rebellion

Who got port drivers out of their trucks on May 1?

Second Banana

Does Antonio have anything to fear from Robert Aquino’s white-collar union?

Beggars’ Banquets

One labor struggle ends, another begins

Lines in the Sand

Strikes threaten two local industries

Laundry Lists

Hospital linen workers prepare to strike

Nickel and Damned

Tales from the back of the house in L.A.’s hotel workers’ struggle

Strike Supplies

L.A. stocks up for hotel workers

More Than a Food Fight

The deeper meaning of the grocery strike

Now, That’s a Real Strike

Teamsters idle their grocery-laden trucks

All A-Bored

The MTA’s mechanics aren’t the striking janitors of 2000

County Supervisors, 1; Sheriff’s Deputies, 0

Morale is not good at the Sheriff’s Department

Ports of Loss

Taft-Hartley chalks up another victory for the boss

Tinsel-Town Rebellion

Writers, moguls and Hollywood’s day of reckoning

Turn the Channel

Why those striking actors just can’t get respect — or a contract

Trouble in Union City

Fast-food workers at Staples Center want a deal before Democrats arrive

Unions on Campus

California catching up with organizing teaching ranks’ underclass

Tijuana maquiladora labor strike deepens

First Strike

Labor Action Breaks all the Rules in Tiajuana