Writers and Actors Scramble to Keep Their Health Insurance in a Post-Strike...
In April, actor Miki Yamashita says she received a health diagnosis that requires surgery to remove non-cancerous tumors. That’s when the performer, who has appeared on Cobra Kai and voiced a character...
View ArticleCBS Pays $3M-Plus in Settlement With Writers Guild West Over Labor Dispute
The Writers Guild of America West has negotiated a settlement with CBS over work that occurred after writers rooms were shut down on several shows that has awarded $3.05 million to 24 writers, union...
View ArticleWriters Guild West Censures Showrunner Over Facebook Post Using Lynching Image
The Writers Guild of America West issued a censure of showrunner Tim Doyle on Thursday after a committee of its members found that one of his Facebook posts was “conduct prejudicial to the welfare of...
View ArticleWriters Guild Places Producer Steve Small on Strike List
The Writers Guild of America West is prohibiting its members from working with producer Steve Small and his company Fifty Feet Movie, LLC. The union notified members on Wednesday that it had placed...
View ArticleWriters Guild Members Join Union Boycott of Beverly Hills Hotels
Around 40 Hollywood writers have joined a hotel union boycott of two Los Angeles hotels, the Cameo Beverly Hills by Hilton and the Beverly Hills Marriott. The Good Place creator Mike Schur, Emily in...
View ArticleWriters Guild East Elects New Head of Broadcast and Re-Elects Online Media...
Writers Guild of America East members have re-elected Sara David as vice president of their online media division and appointed Beth Godvik as the new vice president of broadcast, cable and streaming...
View ArticleWriters Guild East Launches Organizing Drive at A+E Factual Studios
The Writers Guild of America East is continuing its efforts to organize workers in the largely non-union nonfiction realm. The union announced Monday that it is attempting to unionize around 150...
View ArticleWriters Guild West Re-elects Strike-Era Incumbents to Board of Directors
The Writers Guild of America West ratified the appointment of Ellen Stutzman as its top staffer and re-elected incumbent board members in the latest test of member support of the union’s leadership...
View ArticleWriters Guild West Tells Members Not to Work With ‘The Expendables’ Producer...
According to the union, the company is not a signatory to its current contract and has failed to post a bond required by the labor organization.
View ArticleWorkers Launch Union Drive at ‘Summer of Soul’ Producer RadicalMedia
Organizers are attempting to make the Writers Guild of America East the bargaining representative for around 65 staffers in the company's entertainment group.
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