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Saying that the nation's antitrust practices are "fundamentally broken," the WGA West is calling on policymakers to adopt “systemic changes” to antitrust laws and enforcement in order to prioritize "the maintenance of competitive market structures for consumers, competitors and new entrants," while protecting workers…

More than 50 prominent showrunners, including J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Mike Schur, have signed the WGA West's Safe and Inclusive Workplace Pledge, committing to "partner with the guild in developing best practices proven to drive change, alongside support programs for the wider show-running community that ensure…

Meredith Stiehm, running unopposed, has been elected president of the WGA West, becoming only the third woman to ever hold the guild's top elected office. Stiehm, who executive produced Homeland and Cold Case, was a member of the guild's board of directors and was one of the eight named plaintiffs in the WGA's historic…

One of the unintended consequences of the WGA's historic campaign to reshape the talent agency business has been the inability of many writers to find representation after more than 7,000 guild members, in a show of solidarity, fired their agents en masse during the early days of the nearly two-year legal battle. Many…

Irma Kalish, one of television’s first female producers whose writing and producing credits with her husband and writing partner include the Norman Lear series Maude, All in the Family and Good Times as well as My Favorite Martian, My Three Sons, Gilligan’s Island, I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show and Too Close…

Members of the WGA West's Middle Eastern Writers Committee are urging the film and television industry to be more inclusive and less stereotypical in its storytelling. "Reach out to us. Get to know our work. And most of all, take more chances on us to both tell our own stories and contribute to the ones being crafted…

Writers nominated for this year’s primetime Emmys will talk about the stories behind their shows over two days of Zoom panel discussions presented by the WGA West and the Writers Guild Foundation this month. Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead) will moderate the August 25 panel featuring the nominees for Outstanding…

Saying that "this may be my last official request as President of the WGAW," David A. Goodman is asking members to take a quick survey about the current status of their representation by agents and managers. Goodman's term ends on September 21, when he'll be succeeded by Meredith Stiehm, who was one of the leaders in…

Meredith Stiehm won't take office as the next president of the WGA West until next month, but she's already looking ahead to the 2023 film and TV contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Running unopposed in the guild's upcoming election, she says in her official campaign…

The WGA is recommending that everyone who works on-site in a writers room should be fully vaccinated,  but they said that writers should continue to be given the option to work remotely, even if others are working in-person. "We don't think willingness to participate in an in-person writers room should be a condition…

Meredith Stiehm will be the next president of the WGA West. Stiehm, running unopposed, will succeed David A. Goodman, who has termed out, on Sept. 21. Stiehm, who executive produced Homeland and Cold Case, will be only the third woman to hold the union’s highest elected position. The WGA West and its forerunner, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Reported earnings by WGA West members were down nearly $185 million last year, a 10.5% decline from 2019 because of the pandemic and months of shuttered film and TV production, according to the guild's latest annual financial report. Total reported earnings fell to $1.5712 billion last year, down from…