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The WGA West is throwing down nan hammer, aliases astatine slightest attempting to, pinch its unit union. After 71 days connected strike, WGSU members were notified that they person received their last connection connected a first statement from management, nan guild said successful an email to writers connected Tuesday.
“It has been evident for immoderate clip that nan Guild and PNWSU/WGSU person been astatine impasse successful bargaining a first unit national contract. Today nan Guild made clear to nan unit national that nan existent Guild proposal—sent connected April 8—is its last offer,” WGA West leaders wrote successful nan memo.
The connection connected nan array “comes aft extended efforts to scope statement complete 21 bargaining sessions, including 2 afloat sessions during nan unit strike, arsenic good arsenic further conversations pinch members of their negotiating committee,” nan memo continued.
Per nan note, WGA West activity will meet pinch nan WGSU Tuesday nighttime to talk nan connection and “address again why nan unit union’s remaining proposals are unworkable”.
Deadline has reached retired to nan WGSU for comment.
That was acold from nan extremity of nan message, arsenic nan WGAW guidance went connected to item a fewer of those untenable asks including a no-strike clause that allows for a activity stoppage during nan magnitude of nan statement if an unfair labor believe is committed; seniority arsenic nan exclusive facet successful promotion decisions; and a “standard national measurement costs scale”.
The WGAW besides aired a fewer grievances astir nan staff’s alleged behaviour during nan writers’ MBA negotiations, describing respective instances wherever nan guild says unit “acted successful an fierce mode wholly retired of statement pinch really writers person ever operated during WGA strikes”.
Per nan union, that includes blocking writers’ entree to nan SAG-AFTRA building (where AMPTP talks were held) and spreading “misinformation” astir nan guild’s actions toward its staff. The guild besides accuses immoderate WGSU members of actions that it says “have crossed nan statement into individual intimidation and beingness violence”.
“Staff national strikers person targeted Ellen, showing up astatine her location successful groups and complete aggregate days successful a row, returning up to 5 times per day,” nan memo says. “Most of these actions are unprotected nether national labour law; immoderate are illegal, and nan attempted intimidation of nan Guild’s executive head astatine her location is perfectly unacceptable.”
The WGAW memo does not mention immoderate disciplinary actions against unit for specified behavior.
