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The striking staff of the WGA West have been removed from their health insurance plans, more than six weeks into their work stoppage and ongoing dispute with guild leadership. This development follows their recent "strike-ending" proposal.
Like the DGA, the Writers Guild of America West doesn’t seem inclined to accept longer contract cycles with the major studios any time soon. “I think, in this period of significant change, the notion of talking less or putting more years in between when the companies address changes and the needs of the workers strikes […]
The 78th annual Writers Guild Awards will take place on only one coast this year. The WGA West has canceled its ceremony in Los Angeles on March 8 amid the ongoing staff union strike, Deadline has…
Filmmaker James Cameron is receiving a Writers Guild lifetime achievement award, acknowledging his decades of successful screenwriting.
The WGA West Staff Union has presented a new, 'strike-ending' contract proposal to executive director Ellen Stutz, taking a different approach after previous attempts to bring WGA West leadership back to the bargaining table were unsuccessful.
The WGA Awards have become somewhat of a bright spot for film and TV scribes in the last several years amid turbulent moments in Hollywood — one carefree night to celebrate their accomplishments…
The Writers Guild of America West staff has been trained by some of the best when it comes to being bullish in a strike. The union’s management got a reminder of that Tuesday when a swath of WGA capta
The Writers Guild of America West has sweetened its offer to the 110-member staff union that has been on strike since mid-February. But with only a couple of days left before the WGA begins its negotiations with the major studios on a new Minimum Basic Agreement, the two sides have still not resolved their differences. […]
Expressing how much he was enjoying being at the SAG-AFTRA ceremony, the 'Studio' star told the union, “You were able to pay your own employees enough to keep the award show from being canceled."
Scabby the Rat appeared in an unusual place on Wednesday. With dozens of union staff picketing, the inflatable rodent — a near-universal symbol used by trade unions across the U.S. to call out employers for union-busting practices — was swaying in the wind on the corner of 3rd St. and Fairfax Ave. in L.A., right outside […]