Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised that Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids will definitely be among the first items on the agenda when the country’s parliament reconvenes next year, likely around mid-February. “I would like to underline that the Swedes and the Finns have not lost a single minute of membership because of … Read more
WGA East members employed at New York City’s news and talk radio station 1010 WINS have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract. The vote was 29-1 in favor of accepting the deal, which includes minimum salary raises of 3% in the first year and 2.25% in the second and third years. “This contract … Read more
Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday refused to ratify the Citizenship Bill, which was passed twice by both the Houses of Parliament, within the mandatory deadline that expired on Tuesday midnight. Sources in the President’s office said she chose not to ratify the Bill after consultation with cross-section of the society and suggestion that … Read more
A new four-year contract between the WGA East and Audacy, formerly CBS Radio, has been ratified unanimously by the 57 members employed under it. The guild’s new agreement with the country’s second-largest radio company coverers WGA East members employed at radio stations KNX Los Angeles, WCBS New York City and WBBM Chicago. The agreement calls … Read more
Members of SAG-AFTRA have voted resoundingly to ratify a new contract with Netflix. According to the guild, the vote was 89.03% in favor of ratification, although it didn’t release the actual vote count or how many of its 171,000+ members voted. “The gains we achieved in this contract are historic,” said Fran Drescher, the guild’s … Read more