Labor
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Top Talent Agencies Cancel Emmy Parties As Legal Battle With WGA Continues
Hearings on the WGA’s lawsuit against the Big Four agencies are being scheduled around the night of the Emmys
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‘Vice’ Writer Adam McKay’s Call for WGA Unity Draws Backlash From Election Candidates
“The current approach of our WGAW leadership is a failing strategy,” says WGA board candidate Jason Fuchs
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Gabrielle Carteris, Matthew Modine Intensify Attacks in New SAG-AFTRA Election Videos
Union president and “Full Metal Jacket” actor accuse each other of misleading guild members
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Craig Mazin Withdraws From WGA Elections Over Family Medical Issue
“Chernobyl” creator was vice president running mate of guild presidential candidate Phyllis Nagy
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UTA Joins WME as Second Agency to Sue Writers Guild
New lawsuit claims WGA “placed the interests of a few well-heeled individuals above the interests of its membership”
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WME Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against WGA, Says Writer Boycott Is Illegal
Lawsuit comes two months after Writers Guild sued WME and three other top agencies
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Thomas Schlamme Reelected as Directors Guild President
Ron Howard and Jon Favreau were also among those elected to guild’s leadership
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Judge Grants Agencies’ Request to Deem WGA Lawsuit a ‘Complex’ Case
New status will mean the Writers’ Guild lawsuit will have a new judge and will likely be slowed down
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Stuntwoman Jane Austin Announces Campaign for SAG-AFTRA President
Austin, currently SAG-AFTRA’s secretary-treasurer, will run against incumbent president Gabrielle Carteris
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Why Verve Gave Up Packaging Fees – While Bigger Hollywood Agencies Will Fight to Keep Them
There’s a big difference between how the top agencies in Hollywood and the WGA’s latest signee do business
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DGA Appoints Chairs for TV Negotiating Committee Ahead of 2020 Contract Talks
Brett Holey, Lily Olszewski and Scott Berger named co-chairs
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WGA Says 92% of Writers Who Signed Statement of Support Have Fired Their Agents
Guild also rolls out weekly list of writer submissions
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ATA Asks Agencies to Identify Managers Who ‘Procure Employment’ For Writers
ATA also says it is evaluating “all legal options”
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Talent Agents Respond to WGA Lawsuit: ‘Predetermined Path to Chaos’
“The ATA’s repeated use of anti-union rhetoric illustrates how much in denial the big agencies are,” WGA says in response
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DGA Tells Writer-Directors They Don’t Have to Fire Agents for Directing-Related Work
At least “at the present time”