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Screenwriter Jason Fuchs has a message for Oscar-winning screenwriter Adam McKay: "Dissent is not disloyalty." Fuchs, who's running for the WGA board as opposition leader Phyllis Nagy's running mate, took issue with McKay's recent statement that opponents of the guild's leadership should not be making public comments…

Another board candidate has dropped out of the WGA West election and thrown his support to incumbent president David A. Goodman and his running mates. Joshua Hale Fialkov is the fourth board candidate to drop out – leaving 17 candidates vying for eight board seats. Fialkov, who was selected to run by the guild's…

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…

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…

Michele Mulroney and Evette Vargas, in their candidate statements for WGA West secretary-treasurer, addressed the guild's ongoing battle with the talent agencies to replace the old Artists' Manager Basic Agreement. In its place, the guild has implemented its own Franchise Agreement, which would end packaging fees…

The WGA West's opposition slate, led by presidential candidate Phyllis Nagy, is making its case for taking the guild in a new direction in the WGA's battle with talent agents. One of their shared beliefs is that the standoff — now in its 105th day — threatens to undermine the guild's solidarity going into next year's…

With the ongoing battle between the WGA and Hollywood's talent agencies now in its fourth month, the guild's negotiating committee reminded writers tonight to be wary of fired agents offering to "help" their out-of-work former clients. More than 7,000 writers have fired their agents who refused to sign the guild's…

Nearly three months into the WGA's standoff with Hollywood's talent agents, WGA West president David A. Goodman says he's "surprised" that more midsize and smaller agencies haven't broken ranks with the Association of Talent Agents and signed the WGA's new Code of Conduct. From the beginning, the guild has said that…

Total earnings for WGA West members hit an all-time high of $1.56 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31 – up 4.2% from the previous year, according to the guild's latest annual report. Earnings have topped the $1 billion mark for seven years in a row. Guild members scored record earnings in film and television…

WGA West president David A. Goodman has been chosen by the guild's nominating committee for reelection to a second term. Goodman, who has been a leader of the guild's ongoing battle against Hollywood's talent agencies was first elected unopposed in 2017. A second nominee designated by the nominating committee for the…

One month into its bitter standoff with Hollywood's talent agencies, the WGA West is kicking off its annual election season – one that could test its leadership's handling of the ongoing battle with agents and set the stage for next year's negotiations for a new film and TV contract. This year, the guild's three…

The WGA declared today that no deal was reached with the Association of Talent Agents on a new franchise agreement, and ATA executive director Karen Stuart and WGA West President David A. Goodman issued separate statements about the impasse. "The WGA leadership today declared a pathway for compromise doesn't exist,"…