Though Jimmy Kimmel is now back on the air, the Directors Guild of America isnt acting like this instance of a Hollywood corporation apparently bowing to political pressure will be a one-off.

In the wake of Disneys brief suspension of the late-night host amid tough talk from the head of the Federal Communications Commission, the union is encouraging members to report any instances where they feel they are being censored. In a message to members on Tuesday, new union president Christopher Nolan and national executive director Russell Hollander said they believed these issues go beyond the suspension of one late night program. The union leaders added, The Guild remains committed to protecting your artistic and creative rights in a time when a growing list of companies are capitulating to government pressure to censor creative expression and suppress speech that is critical of the current administration.

The labor group, which bargains on behalf of around 19,500 members on the directing team, from A-listers like Ryan Coogler and Martin Scorsese to unit production managers, stage managers and assistant directors, created an email address (appropriately, its [email protected]) for members to contact when they feel their creative rights might be in jeopardy. The union says it wants to track the impact of this trend on employment in our industry and inform you of your rights under the contract.

It continued, Your feedback will be essential in developing a longer-term strategy to push back against efforts to monitor and control creative expression. We know this is a fight that right now feels overwhelming. But this is exactly the kind of fight our Guild was created for.

The DGA was one of several Hollywood unions to quickly clap back at Disney for pulling Kimmel from the air on Sept. 17. The decision came after FCC chair Brendan Carr, who took issue with remarks Kimmel made regarding right-wing activist Charlie Kirks killing, appeared to threaten ABC affiliate licenses if broadcasters continue to air Kimmel. When we see stuff like this, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way, Carr said in a YouTube interview. These companies can find ways to change conduct, on Kimmel, or theres going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.

The next day, in a joint statement with a couple of other industry unions, the DGA called the incident part of a disturbing trend of increasing interference in creative expression. The statement added, This kind of political pressure on broadcasters and artists chills free speech and threatens the livelihoods of thousands of working Americans.

The unions national board made the decision to create this censorship hotline during its meeting last Saturday, as Kimmel was in talks with Disney to return to the air. The DGA has long put an emphasis on its members creative rights, whether thats requiring that directors be consulted on every script revision in pre-production or giving TV directors more leeway in postproduction.

Kimmels show returned to ABC on Tuesday. Two major station owners, Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcast Group, still are preempting his program from their airwaves.