Writers Guild of America West chief negotiator Ellen Stutzman was likely wrapping up her first week of talks with the major Hollywood studios Friday afternoon when the union’s staff called her back to their own bargaining table.
The staff have now been on strike for more than a month, and they remain on the picket line as the writers union negotiates with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. In a statement issued directly to Stutzman, the Writers Guild Staff Union requested a meeting on Saturday, as it is “far beyond time to settle a fair contract.”
Per the statement, Stutzman last spoke with members of the staff union’s negotiating committee on March 12, which the WGSU said they were “disappointed … was not more fruitful.”
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From there, the WGSU’s statement chronicles the staff’s perspective on the entire debacle
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