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The WGA West has issued a set of community standards to address issues of bias, discrimination, inequity, bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace. "These standards exist to protect all writers," the guild's leaders told their members today. "Inappropriate behavior around co-workers isn't just unpleasant, it…

Craig Miller will receive the WGA West's 2020 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award in recognition of his distinguished career and contributions to the animation field. The award will be presented by his longtime collaborator, comic book writer Marv Wolman, at the Caucus' virtual awards ceremony on…

Members of the WGA West's Native American and Indigenous Writers' Committee are calling on Hollywood to reject stereotypical portrayals of native people and to hire native writers, showrunners, directors and actors to tell their own stories. "As America struggles with long-overdue social reckoning, we believe now is…

Saying that the entertainment industry is — and long has been — "operating in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act," Catherine Clinch, chair of the WGA West's Career Longevity Committee, has penned a scathing open letter to the industry on behalf of her committee demanding “inclusion and equity” for…

Michael Schur, creator of The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, is urging his fellow writers to donate to the WGA West's political action committee to help "flip the Senate and bring in bold leaders who will check the power of the Supreme Court." "You undoubtedly already know how far Mitch McConnell and the party…

They didn't get Election Day as a paid holiday in their recent contract negotiations, but the WGA West board of directors is calling on "all networks and production companies to give every member of cast and crew a paid day off on November 3rd." Here is the guild’s message to members: "As writers, we get to make our…

The WGA West told its members today that, as production begins to ramp up amid the coronavirus pandemic, writers should not sign liability waivers exempting employers from their responsibility to provide a safe workplace. "Your employer is required by law to provide a safe and healthy workplace both in the [writers]…

The WGA West board of directors sent a letter to its members today that updates writers on the union’s latest efforts in the wake of its new film and TV contract. Read it in full below. The missive comes less than a week after WGA members voted overwhelmingly to ratify with the new film and TV deal worked out with the…

Sixteen candidates are vying for eight open seats on the WGA West's board of directors. The seven incumbents seeking reelection are Patti Carr, Ashley Gable, Betsy Thomas, David Slack, Patric M. Verrone, Travis Donnelly and Deric A. Hughes. The nine other candidates are Adam Starks, John Lopez, Rob Forman, Scott…

WGA West members earned a record $1.68 billion under the guild's film and TV contracts for the fiscal year ended March 31 – up 3.1% from the previous year, according to the guild's latest annual report (read it here). In total, more than 6,300 writers reported employment in all work areas during the year. Screenwriter…

UPDATED with WGA West statement and more details: Michael Franklin, who served as the top executive officer for both the DGA and the WGA West, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 96. An attorney by trade, Franklin was the longest-serving executive director of the WGA West, where he spent about two decades. He led the…

EXCLUSIVE: The WGA has wrapped up successful negotiations on two fronts in the past few weeks, getting UTA to break ranks with the other Big Four agencies by signing the guild's franchise agreement and hammering out a new three-year film and TV contract with management's AMPTP. And WGA West president David A. Goodman…