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June 23, 2015

AFL-CIO BLOG: Show Solidarity with Ink Master Workers

We want to see your pro-labor, pro-worker and pro-union tattoos! Share your labor-friendly tattoos on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #InkMasterUnion to show solidarity with the men and women who make the hit TV show “Ink Master.” If you don’t have a tattoo, you still can show solidarity by...

April 16, 2015

NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE: ‘Swamp People’ filmmakers in labor dispute with writers’ union

As the public image of Louisiana’s film tax credits hits another snag in federal court this week, even more trouble might be on the horizon. A New York-based writers’ union alleges Original Media, which produces “Swamp People,” failed to write checks for tens of thousands of dollars worth of overtime pay...

July 11, 2014

Writer-Producers at Original Media Vote to Join WGAE

The WGAE today announced that a majority of writer-producers at New York-based nonfiction (reality) TV production company Original Media voted overwhelmingly to join the Guild in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board. The vote was 42 to 9. Original Media produces popular shows such as Ink...

April 29, 2014

“Ink Master” hosts accused of harassing producer

MSNBC, A former production assistant on the reality television show Ink Master accuses her former employers of engaging in “severe and pervasive” sexual harassment, according to a legal complaint filed earlier this month. The filing, which was submitted to a federal district court in New York, claims...