The WGA West‘s striking staff will be booted off their health insurance plans on Wednesday, more than six weeks into their work stoppage and just days after delivering a so-called “strike-ending” proposal to management.
WGSU members were notified via an email from union leaders on Tuesday afternoon, after several workers found messaging on their internal employee portal to indicate their coverage would end April 1, sources tell Deadline.
“This is just the latest attempt by management to bust our union and break our strike. Our resilience has never been more important,” the email read.
The staff union has laid the blame for this latest development at the feet of guild leadership, but the WGAW insists that this is purely an administrative obstacle that management can’t overcome.
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