Writers Guild West’s own staff calls a strike against the union

Workers will be picketing in front of the union’s headquarters until further notice in protest of alleged unfair labor practices

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The staff of the Writers Guild of America West called a strike on Tuesday, making good on a threat to mire the writers union in its own labor issues ahead of major contract negotiations with studios and streamers.

The Writers Guild Staff Union (WGSU) announced that it had called a strike in protest of alleged unfair labor practices and would be picketing until further notice. The union maintained that “Guild management has surveilled workers for union activity, terminated union supporters, and engaged in bad faith surface bargaining, showing no intention to come to an agreement on most of WGSU’s core issues.”

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