Hollywood Stagehands Union to Resume Talks With Studios in June

The union representing Hollywood laborers said talks with studios on a new contract for 45,000 stagehands, editors and other film and TV workers, mostly in Los Angeles, will resume in early June.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said in a statement Friday that it completed three weeks of discussions with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers that covered retirement and health benefits, as well as the use of artificial intelligence, wages and working conditions.

Discussions on a contract for another group, about 20,000 workers around the US, will start on May 20, the union said. Contracts ...