Three years after writers called pencils down against the major film and TV studios, the relationship between the two seems to have cooled off, and a few weeks into the WGA’s latest bargaining cycle with the AMPTP, it’s become pretty clear that another strike is unlikely. Ironically, that seems to be the least of the writers guild’s problems right now as the west coast division breaks down from the inside.
The WGA West staff has now been on strike for nearly seven weeks. The 115-member unit walked off the job in mid-February, having attempted to negotiate its first contract with WGAW management since September and alleging multiple unfair labor practices as well as a refusal to bargain on several topics. The WGA West denies any wrongdoing, but that hasn’t assuaged many members who find the debacle to be a bad look, to say the least.
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