“After a grueling 118 days on strike, SAG-AFTRA has officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with studios, a move that is heralding the end of the 2023 actors’ strike.”

SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Agreement With Studios, Ending Actors Strike

The work stoppage will end 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.

It's election day! Transport's on the ballot: —Kansas City MO: 3/8¢ transit sales tax renewal —Cincinnati: Whether to sell off 337-mile railway to Chattanooga —DeKalb County GA: 1% sales tax for a variety of capital projects —Fort Collins CO: 1/2¢ sales tax, with 1/4 for transit

The UAW's deal with Ford is a big effing deal ⦿ Raises of over 30% when one includes COLA ⦿ 65% increase in starting wage ⦿ 150% jump in pay for temp workers ⦿ Reduces wage progression to reach top pay to 3 years from 8 Critics said Biden's support for the @UAW would prevent a deal. It didn't

So yesterday I shared the news about the Friends of Folkways effort -- $5 a bunch, you can stream everything in their catalog and affiliated labels folkways.si.edu/friends-of-f... -- and today I'm currently tripping out on this amazingly earnest 1958 release about the sounds of the early satellites.

We used to have good transit marketing

HAPPY MAIL DAY! Mega congrats to Marc Masters on the release of "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape". We're so humbled to be featured in this sacred scroll, and to have helped out with the cassette companion (avail on Bandcamp w/ design by Max). Pick it up from UNC Press today!

Solidarity with Bandcamp United! Sign their petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/so...

Keep Bandcamp Great: Tell Songtradr to recognize and negotiate with Bandcamp United immediately

On September 28, Epic Games announced the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr, Inc. In an internal announcement to staff, Epic Games wrote that Songtradr, Inc. would be offering positions to some Bandcamp e...

Janeese Lewis George has been an unfailing ally to tenants, immigrants, workers, and all Ward 4 residents. I just threw her some $$ for her re-election. DC has public campaign financing so your donation will be matched 5:1.

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Bringing some good labor news onto this platform: the newly organized tech worker unit at NPR has a TA on their first contract! It’s so inspiring to see the wave of tech organizing happening, congrats to this crew at NABET Local 31!!

The new WGA contract has novel AI language, which will set standards for other CBAs: AI can’t write or rewrite literary material. Writers can use AI if the company allows it, but the company can’t require it’s use. The company must disclose if any materials they give to writers are AI generated.

WGA Contract 2023

The WGA reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new three-year Minimum Basic Agreement.