Fifty crew members walk off Wednesday's shoot; the group is demanding a union contract for the reality show with pension and health benefits. union drama unfolded Wednesday in the Santa Monica Mountains high above Malibu as a small group of below-the-line workers picketed at the state park where NBC's The Biggest Loser is produced. MORE >>

As fans of The Hobbit scanned the red carpet at the film’s premiere in Wellington last night, some New Zealand activists are still bitter about the outcome of a failed unionization attempt in 2010, even as NZ Actors Equity is finally making progress in negotiations with the country’s producers association. Normal. false. false. false. MORE >>

Hidden in the deceptively named “Internet Radio Freedom Act” is one of the most insidious anti-union provisions we’ve seen in many years.  Enter Pandora the Union Buster. IRFA pandora A2IM AFL-CIO AFM AFTRA direct licensing Glenn Peoples Mollie Starr Pandora Sirius SoundExchange Tim Westergren unionsThat time. MORE >>

Two prominent Hollywood unions are investigating the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick, The HollywoodReporter (exclusive) has learned, with the moves coming in the wake of reports over the weekend that star Lindsay Lohan suffered from “exhaustion and dehydration” from overwork and that two crew members went to the hospital for the same reason. MORE >>

The fur – and feather boas – are flying in New York, where the Broadway musicians’ union is waging what the New York Times in a story Sunday calls “an unusually aggressive, political-style campaign” against the producers of the musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.” Check out my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” MORE >>