Labor
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WGA Says 92% of Writers Who Signed Statement of Support Have Fired Their Agents
Guild also rolls out weekly list of writer submissions
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ATA Asks Agencies to Identify Managers Who ‘Procure Employment’ For Writers
ATA also says it is evaluating “all legal options”
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Talent Agents Respond to WGA Lawsuit: ‘Predetermined Path to Chaos’
“The ATA’s repeated use of anti-union rhetoric illustrates how much in denial the big agencies are,” WGA says in response
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DGA Tells Writer-Directors They Don’t Have to Fire Agents for Directing-Related Work
At least “at the present time”
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Talent Agents Plan Fight Against WGA, Lay Out Standard of Representation for Agents
“Agencies will not be a willing participant to any further chaos,” ATA executive director wrote
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SAG-AFTRA Board Unanimously Approves Commercials Contracts
New agreement will now head to guild membership vote, with a May 8 deadline
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WGA Members Take Stand Against Agencies, Post Termination Letters on Twitter
“I love my agent, I love my work. But I’m a union man,” one guild member says, as writers begin to cut ties
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Hollywood Writers Rally Together as Agency Dispute Hits Critical Week
With the Code of Conduct approved, writers get ready to stand together during a potentially agent-free staffing season
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WGA Members Overwhelmingly Vote Yes to Implement New Agency Code of Conduct
95.3 percent of membership authorizes board to move forward when the current AMBA expires on April 6
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JJ Abrams Calls on WGA Members to ‘End Agencies’ Conflicted Practices’
“Star Wars” director voices support for Writers Guild campaign against agency packaging fees
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ATA Rips Writers Guild Action Plan in New Letter to Members
“This is going to hurt writers,” agency association warns of WGA plan to walk out in protest of packaging fees
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As Talks Stall, Writers Guild Prepares Plan to Leave Talent Agencies En Masse
ATA warns of lost jobs and wages if guild’s proposed code of conduct to end packaging passes
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AMPTP Declines WGA Request to Add Anti-Packaging Fee Clause to Contract
WGA wished to add clause prohibiting studios from working with agencies that did not agree to their proposed Code of Conduct
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Writers Guild Casts Doubt on UTA Report in Packaging Fee Dispute: ‘A False Premise’
Agency’s report says packaging fees do not affect how much writers get paid, but WGA says the report is flawed
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WGA Moves Date for Membership Vote on Talent Agency Code of Conduct
Little progress in latest talks between Writers Guild and the ATA in packaging fees dispute