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SAG-AFTRA Presidential Candidates Matthew Modine & Gabrielle Carteris Exchange Allegations Of Federal Labor Law Violations On Eve Of Election
In dueling email blasts to the members of SAG-AFTRA, presidential candidates Matthew Modine and Gabrielle Carteris both now are alleging that the other might have violated federal labor law in the course of the election, which concludes Wednesday with the counting of ballots.
"If Matthew Modine broke the law in our…
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WGA West Board Member Luvh Rakhe Offers History Lesson On Union Solidarity
WGA West board member Luvh Rakhe has offered a history lesson on the power of solidarity – and the price that unions pay when they're divided during strikes and collective actions.
Rakhe, who's running for re-election as a supporter of the guild's stance in its ongoing battle with Hollywood's talent agencies, argues…
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WGA West Opposition Candidate Nick Jones Jr. Questions Guild’s Battle Tactics In Fight With Agents
Nick Jones Jr., the opposition candidate for secretary-treasurer of the WGA West, is a Marine Corps veteran who said in a statement today that the guild has been outflanked in its ongoing battle with Hollywood's talent agents.
"I was taught in the military to have an appreciation of the enemy," he said. "Know their…
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SAG-AFTRA Prexy Candidate Matthew Modine Feels He Was Unfairly Sandbagged By LA Times; In Election’s Final Week, Opponent Gabrielle Carteris Dines Out On Impropriety Allegations To Fuel Her Re-Election
EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Matthew Modine is crying foul over a Los Angeles Times article published yesterday. Curiously timed with one week of voting left in the guild’s election, the article alleged that Modine had accepted in-kind campaign contributions from his "employer" – the for-profit New York…
WGA Opposition Leader Phyllis Nagy Says Fight With Agents Could Undermine “Future Of Residuals”
WGA West presidential candidate Phyllis Nagy says that writers' residuals are in danger, both from the growth of streaming services and the threat they pose to the traditional licensing fee-based residuals model, and from the guild's four-month-long standoff with Hollywood's talent agencies, which she says will leave…
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ICM Partners Claims “Victory” In WGA Legal Battle, Urges Guild To Return To Table; WGA President Says “The Ball Is In Their Court” – Update
UPDATED with David Goodman response: ICM Partners has accused the WGA of dropping the lawsuit it had filed in state court against the Big 4 talent agencies because "WGA leadership knew their lawsuit against the agencies was about to be found baseless and be dismissed." The agency on Tuesday claimed the guild dropped…
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Rob Schneider Wins SAG-AFTRA National Board Seat In San Francisco; Victory For Opposition Membership First Slate
Funnyman Rob Schneider has been elected to the SAG-AFTRA national board representing San Francisco and northern California, defeating incumbent Katheryn Howell and three other challengers. Howell, however, was re-elected president of the local.
Schneider's election is a victory for Membership First, the union's…
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Phyllis Nagy Accuses WGA Leaders Of “Electioneering” In Latest Legal Move Vs. Agencies; David Goodman Calls Claims “Reckless”
WGA West presidential candidate Phyllis Nagy is accusing the guild's leaders of "electioneering" in their latest legal maneuver against Hollywood's talent agencies. WGA West president David Goodman has fired back, calling her claims "reckless and inflammatory."
Their exchange comes after the guild dropped its lawsuit…
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WGA Presidential Candidate William Schmidt Objects To Trials For Writers Who – Like Him – Refused To Fire Their Agents
William Schmidt, the independent candidate running for president of the WGA West, is firing back at the guild leadership for appointing a committee to investigate members who refused to fire their agents – and not e-notifying the guild that they had done so. And Schmidt, who refused to fire his ICM Partners agent…
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WGA Drops Lawsuit Filed In State Court Against Big 4 Agencies, Consolidates Claims In Federal Court – Update
UPDATED with UTA response:The WGA East and WGA West have dropped their lawsuit against the Big 4 talent agencies, and have answered and filed counter-claims in the federal antitrust case that CAA, WME and UTA brought against the guild. Click the link below to read the counterclaims.
The guild filed its original suit…
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Matthew Modine Supporters Decry “Politics Of Personal Destruction” After Objections To His Joke At SAG-AFTRA Meeting
More than 130 actresses and #MeToo activists have signed a statement in support of SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Matthew Modine in the wake of a joke he made at Thursday night's town hall meeting of the union's three leading presidential candidates.
"We deplore the politics of personal destruction" that have been…
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WGA’s Phyllis Nagy Predicts Industry-Wide Strike And The End Of Writers’ Primacy In TV If Guild & Agencies Don’t Settle
WGA West presidential candidate Phyllis Nagy says the guild's ongoing standoff with the Association of Talent Agents threatens to "permanently destroy the primacy writers have enjoyed in television" and will lead to a strike.
In her latest campaign statement, posted on her slate’s WGA Forward Together site, she also…
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