Sean O’Brien has been elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and his slate of reform-minded Teamsters United running mates will lead the 1.3 million-member union for the next five years. O’Brien succeeds James P. Hoffa, the son of infamous Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who chose not to seek reelection after running the union since 1998.
O’Brien, a sharp critic of Hoffa, has vowed to get tougher at the bargaining table, saying during the campaign that “If we’re negotiating discounted contracts and we’re negotiating lousy deals, why would any member, anyone, want to join the Teamsters union?”
And for the first time ever, a member of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 will have a seat on the Teamsters’ General Executive Board. Lindsay Dougherty, Local 399’s recording secretary, business agent and organizer, and a member of O’Brien’s slate, has been elected as one of four Western Region vice presidents.
O’Brien, a sharp critic of Hoffa, has vowed to get tougher at the bargaining table, saying during the campaign that “If we’re negotiating discounted contracts and we’re negotiating lousy deals, why would any member, anyone, want to join the Teamsters union?”
And for the first time ever, a member of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 will have a seat on the Teamsters’ General Executive Board. Lindsay Dougherty, Local 399’s recording secretary, business agent and organizer, and a member of O’Brien’s slate, has been elected as one of four Western Region vice presidents.
- 11/19/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Days after acquiring his film Mowgli from Warner Bros, Netflix has doubled down with Andy Serkis by acquiring rights to the George Orwell novel Animal Farm. Serkis will direct a performance-capture film. 6th & Idaho’s Matt Reeves, Rafi Crohn and Adam Kassan will produce with The Imaginarium’s Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish.
The Netflix deal reunites Serkis with Reeves after they worked together on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. Reeves made an overall Netflix deal in January.
Orwell’s allegorical novella was published in 1945, and the author said it was informed by the Russian revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Stalinist regime of the Soviet Union. If you didn’t read it in school, the premise involves a group of animals who rebel against the humans who own their farm and win their independence. The architects of the revolution create...
The Netflix deal reunites Serkis with Reeves after they worked together on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. Reeves made an overall Netflix deal in January.
Orwell’s allegorical novella was published in 1945, and the author said it was informed by the Russian revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Stalinist regime of the Soviet Union. If you didn’t read it in school, the premise involves a group of animals who rebel against the humans who own their farm and win their independence. The architects of the revolution create...
- 8/1/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Reds shortstop prospect Billy Hamilton is probably a couple years away from the big leagues, but he's already one of my favorite players. He was selected today to the Mlb Futures game, so now I've got a good reason to watch.
Hamilton, playing for the Bakersfield Blaze of the high-a California league this year, has already stolen 80 bases in 66 games. Last year, he stole 103 bags in 135 games in the midwest.
But wait! The stolen base king of professional baseball was also recently on the receiving end of a little thievery, when he was held up and robbed at gunpoint earlier this week after the California-Carolina League All-Star game in Winston-Salem. The umpire for the game was also robbed by the same henchmen in a separate incident just minutes apart from Hamilton's robbery.
God, I love the minor leagues. But what I don't understand it: why didn't Hamilton just run away?...
Hamilton, playing for the Bakersfield Blaze of the high-a California league this year, has already stolen 80 bases in 66 games. Last year, he stole 103 bags in 135 games in the midwest.
But wait! The stolen base king of professional baseball was also recently on the receiving end of a little thievery, when he was held up and robbed at gunpoint earlier this week after the California-Carolina League All-Star game in Winston-Salem. The umpire for the game was also robbed by the same henchmen in a separate incident just minutes apart from Hamilton's robbery.
God, I love the minor leagues. But what I don't understand it: why didn't Hamilton just run away?...
- 6/21/2012
- by Bison Messink
- Celebsology
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