Calling on the WGA to return to the bargaining table with the Association of Talent Agents, former WGA West president John Wells announced today that he’s supporting Phyllis Nagy for president of t…
for president of the guild, as well as her entire slate of running mates. Nagy is seeking to unseat WGA West president David A. Goodman. Election ballots went out last Thursday and will be counted on Sept. 16.
The WGA and the ATA showdown has been going on since April 13, when the guild ordered all of its members to fire their agents who refuse to sign its Code of Conduct, which bans packaging fees after one year and agency affiliations with related production entities. Let me be clear, I am an admirer of our current Board and the Agency Negotiating Committee and count many of them as friends. But I disagree strongly with the institutional emphasis being placed on the current Code of Conduct battle with the agencies.
Profits come from ancillary rights: foreign sales, syndication reuse on cable and local airings, DVDs , etc. But there are no foreign residuals on Netflix, no syndication residuals, no other uses — because Netflix buys out all of these rights up front and runs our work only on Netflix. And the other companies are rushing to follow suit to remain competitive. The old business models that led to “profits” are disappearing. 10% of nothing is nothing.
The entire membership is being asked to support the allocation of considerable, invaluable, staff time, legal fees and the associated costs in support of litigation and member mobilization to benefit the most successful members of our Guild.
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