Assassin? by Joe Craig7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Less than an hour after attempted talks with the studios ended and three hours before their current standing contract expired, the Guild would release a statement saying,įollowing the unanimous recommendation of the WGA Negotiating Committee, the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Council of the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), acting upon the authority granted to them by their memberships, have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01 AM, Tuesday, May 2. Members of the Negotiating Committee, Board and Council will be out with you on the picket lines.” We must now exert the maximum leverage possible to get a fair contract by withholding our labor. The Writers Guild sent out a message to their members saying, “Though we negotiated intent on making a fair deal – and though your strike vote gave us the leverage to make some gains – the studios’ responses to our proposals have been wholly insufficient, given the existential crisis writers are facing. ![]()
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