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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…

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…

The WGA West has appointed a committee to enforce Working Rule 23, which prohibits members from being represented by  non-signatory agencies – meaning that members who refused to fire their agents could be hauled before disciplinary panels. "While individual members have a voice and vote, after the Guild…

Four months into the WGA's standoff with Hollywood's talent agencies, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris says her union is reviewing its relationship with agents. "I fully support the WGA in doing what it needs to in order to protect its members," she said in a written statement in advance of last night's town hall…

UPDATED with Waldman statement: Last night's WGA West membership meeting at the Sheraton Universal was a wake-up call for Ayelet Waldman, an opposition candidate in the WGA West board election who says she now no longer feels welcome either in the election or the union. She's determined, however, to stay in the race…

John August, a member of the WGA's agency negotiating committee, says it's going to be a “slog" before the guild reaches a new franchise agreement with the major agencies – a standoff, now in its 115th day, that's already a long slog. On his latest blog, he also takes on the naysayers who claim the WGA hasn't been…

WGA West presidential candidate William Schmidt has offered to drop out of the race and support incumbent president David A. Goodman over Phyllis Nagy if the guild returns to the bargaining table and engages in “serious negotiations” with the Association of Talent Agents by Sept. 1. The offer was made over breakfast…

WGA West presidential candidate William Schmidt is calling on the guild to resume negotiations with the Association of Talent Agents to end their standoff, which is now in its 111th day. "We must return to the negotiating table immediately," he said in his latest campaign statement. In March, the guild asked its member…

UPDATED with statement from Phyllis Nagy and Nick Jones Jr.: Craig Mazin, the Emmy-nominated writer-creator of HBO's Chernobyl, has dropped out of the race for vice president of the WGA West. "I am regrettably withdrawing from the race," he said in a statement, "due to a medical issue with an immediate family member…

Appearing at TCA to promote his new Amazon drama Carnival Row, the series’ executive producer and showrunner Marc Guggenheim also faced questions about the ongoing standoff between the WGA and the Association of Talent Agents over several issues, most notably packaging and agency-affiliated production. Guggenheim — a…

EXCLUSIVE: The Buchwald agency has signed the WGA's new franchise agreement, marking another big win for the guild in its efforts to realign the agency business. Buchwald is the second Association of Talent Agents member agency to break ranks with the organization this week. The Kaplan Stahler agency signed the guild's…

In a major win for the WGA, the guild has signed Kaplan Stahler Agency to a negotiated franchise agreement banning packaging fees and agency affiliations with related production companies. Kaplan Stahler now becomes the first mid-tier agency to break ranks with the Association of Talent Agents and sign a modified…