John August, a member of the WGA’s agency negotiating committee, says it’s going to be a “long slog” before the guild reaches a new franchise agreement with the major agencies – a standoff, now in …
. “I’ve spoken with hundreds of members in person, on the phone and via email. Some are strongly in favor of the Guild’s action; some are vehemently opposed. That’s fine! A union doesn’t require uniformity of opinion. But it does need a common set of facts.
August quotes WGA presidential candidate William Schmidt, who has said: “But leadership is not negotiating. They refuse to negotiate until the Big Four end packaging and eliminate affiliated production companies. They cite as our biggest weapon the lawsuit filed on behalf of eight writers.” And “that’s what actually happened,” August wrote. “In the past month, the first of those nine agencies broke from the ATA and signed a new negotiated agreement. I stress negotiated because members of the negotiating committee — including me — spent hours discussing and debating which compromises made sense, both for this deal and going forward. Since then, the Buchwald Agency signed a deal, as did a new agency formed by leading agents who left Abrams.
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