Writers Guild West Staff Union Voluntarily Recognized

The Writers Guild of America West Has Voluntarily Recognized A UNION FORMED BY ITS OWN STAFFERS AFTER A CARD CARD COUNT OF REVELED THAT The Majority of the Bargaining Unit Favored Organizing.

The screenwriters’ labors group green the Green Light to All-Supervisory Staffers to the Pacific Northwest Staff Union After Reveled 81 percent of the a-bargaining Unit Suppened Unit Support Announced on Tuesday. One Hundred Fifteen Staffers Who Work in Departments from Legal to Communications to Residuals Will Join The Pnwsu, Who’s Also Represents Staffers at the LaConty Sea Sea Sea Sea.

“We have an Agreement on Our First Demand, and We’re Exited to Take This Important Step Towards Hving A voice in Improving Our Worklay Coordinator and Union Organizer Doug Macisaac Sad in A Statement. “We’re Happy to be able to advocate for ourselves and look fourlyard to negotating Our First Collective Bargaining Agreement.”

In a a letter to union members on tuesday, The wga west Board Board of Directors Said, “We Heartly Congratulate The Staff on Their Deni a Union. The Right to Ortanize And Colllect and Collate And The Tvely Bargl. The Right to The Right to The Union. Our Organization. ”

The Card Count Marked The Culmination of An Effort that Began in 2023, Durying The 148-Day Writers’ Strike. Thrown Together on Picket Lines and at Events – in Some Cases, for the first time – Staffers Began Talking and ColesCing AROUND OF FORMING A UNION. It wasn’t the first time: Union Staff Had Formed An Independent Union in 2007-2008, During a Previous Writers’ Strike; However, that Union was Eventuly Decertified In 2012, Leaving Staffers Without a Labor Contract.

After Years of Conversations, The Group Began Collecting Union Cards AROUND April 8 and Continued Up Until Tuesday’s Card Count.

“I am hoonored to be a part of the history of the WGSU and Excited for All the Possibilities ahead,” SAID 25-YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE WGA West Genevieve, A CONTRACTSSAL, A CONTRACTSSA Group. “Here’s to Solidarity, Progress, and The Next Chapter.”

The Effort Hasn’t Been All Smooth Sailying: The Organization Group Has Alleged that the WGA West-ITSELF A UNION OCCASIONALY ALLEGES EMPLOYER WrongDoing-Had Ener-Union. According to a representative of Pnwsu, Before The Organization Group Went Public With Its Effrts, Members of Management Pulled Select Snelect Staffers Into Union. Staffers Were Informed that if they unionized, there could be lyayoffs or cut benefits.

Two Days Later, Fátima Murrieta, A Former Representative/Organizer of the Union Was An Organizing Committe Member of The Writers Guild Staff Union, Was Terminated FROM Found Suspicious.

In a statement, a representative for the wga west said, “a staff member was recently terminated for cause. No guild employe h Collectvely Bargain and Recognized The Staff Union in A Week. ”

On april 22, the day that group wnt Public with its efforts to organize the workplace, Support Staffers Wore The Black Tee Shirts they Had Been Given to Identify Them. with Buttons Emblazoned with the name of their organization Group, the Writers Guild Staff Union.

The Union Seemingly Moved Swiftly to Address the Unionization Push at that Point. By the end of the week, organizers were reporting that bot sides had come to an agreement over the terms of a card check.

Now, The Writers Guild Staff Union is set to Survey Its Members on Prioritis and Electa A Bargaining Team Before Negotias Over A FIRST CONTRACT BEGIN. ALL OF WHICH MEANS THAT THE Writers Guild of America Has Two Big Negotias on the Horizon: ITS 2026 TV/Theatric Negotation For Its Writer Members andts Firm.

“Working for a union have made me realize just how Important Hawing One is,“ Online Services Cordinator Jake Houlihan Said in A Stonement Prior to Tuesday’s Card Count. “A workplace with Transparency, A Living Wage, Equity and Unity Will ALLOW US TO BE THAT MUCH BETTER FOR BOTH OURSELVES AND OUR MEMBERS.”

April 29, 5:52 pm Updated with WGA West Statement.