Updated below, 12:36 p.m.: The production agreed to recognize the union, and the picket has concluded.
Will Smith is filming a music video in Los Angeles on Friday, despite a picket organized by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
The non-union video is being produced at Quixote Studios in West Hollywood. Dejon Ellis, the business manager of IATSE Local 80, said the union asked the producers on Thursday to recognize the union and pay for pension and health benefits. The producers refused.
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Smith showed up to the shoot on Friday morning, as IATSE was preparing to set up a
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