Writers Guild of America
Unionized Workers at Nonfiction Production Company McGee Media Ratify First Contract
Producers, researchers and archivists have agreed on wage rate increases, healthcare contributions and "the right to disconnect" with the 'Finding Your Roots' producer.
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Workers 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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Writers Guild West Tells Members Not to Work With ‘The Expendables’ Producer Millennium Pictures
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.
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Writers Guild West Re-elects Strike-Era Incumbents to Board of Directors
The union's members also ratified the appointment of the 2023 work stoppage's chief negotiator, Ellen Stutzman, as executive director.
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Writers Guild East Launches Organizing Drive at A+E Factual Studios
A group of organizers at the 'Dance Moms: A New Era' and 'The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard' producer say they want to receive "reasonable workloads and deadlines."
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Writers Guild East Elects New Head of Broadcast and Re-Elects Online Media Leader to Governing Body
In the first election of member leaders at the union since the writers' strike ended in 2023, eleven council members — some new, some returning — were also appointed to seats.
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Writers Guild Members Join Union Boycott of Beverly Hills Hotels
Scribes including Mike Schur ('The Good Place') and Grant Sloss ('Emily in Paris') have agreed to avoid the Cameo Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills Marriott during a labor dispute with Unite Here Local 11.
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Writers Guild Places Producer Steve Small on Strike List
Small and his company work with 'Gotti' producer Randall Emmett, who has been on the guild's list of banned producers for years.
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Writers Guild West Censures Showrunner Over Facebook Post Using Lynching Image
The union says it conducted an internal trial and found 'The Kids Are Alright' creator Tim Doyle guilty of "conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the Guild and unfair dealing."
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CBS Pays $3M-Plus in Settlement With Writers Guild West Over Labor Dispute
The union told members on Wednesday of the resolution to an arbitration claim made on behalf of ‘MacGyver,’ ‘Seal Team’ and ‘Hawaii 5-0' scribes.
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Writers and Actors Scramble to Keep Their Health Insurance in a Post-Strike Hollywood
After the 2023 work stoppages and amid a larger industry contraction, creatives face difficulties meeting minimums to keep their union plans: "It doesn't feel good to have to say to your agents, ‘Hey, can you get me a guest-starring gig on whatever happens to have somebody my age because I'm going to lose my health insurance?'"
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iHeartMedia Workers Vote to Ratify First Union Contract
The 100-member bargaining unit began negotiating with management after the union was voluntarily recognized in 2022.
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