Sunday, November 25, 2007

Come on, IATSE. Step up. :)

From Dateline Hollywood Daily:



Other Unions Rally With WGAE Tuesday; Foreign Writer Guilds Protest Wednesday

wgae.jpgWriters Guild Of America East announced today a "Labor Community Solidarity Rally" for Tuesday, November 27th. "As the WGA strike enters its 4th week, in a major show of support by the city’s labor community, there will be a massive Solidarity Rally to thank the thousands of union members from every industry who have joined us on the picket lines from New York to Los Angeles and stood with us to preserve decent working standards against corporate power. The rally’s message is 'We’re all in this together, and we demand a fair deal!' " It takes place in NYC's Washington Square Park from 12 Noon to 1:30 PM and joining the WGAE writers will be members of the Writers Guild of America, West, SEIU, SAG, UNITE-HERE, UFT, national and NYS AFL-CIOs, and the New York City Labor Council and celebrities. Officials will include Randi Weingarten (UFT), Ed Ott (Central Labor Council), Gary Lebarbera and Dennis Hughes (NYS AFL-CIO), Sam Freed (SAG NY President), Richard Masur (former national president of SAG).

On Wednesday, the WGAE plans "International Solidarity Day" supported by the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG) in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Mexico and France. In NYC, the striking writers will picket in front of Time Warner Center /Time Warner Studios in Columbus Circle from 10 AM–2 PM.

2 comments:

Steve Hulett said...

I think it's good that the WGAe has the AFL CIO acronym in its logo.

Can anyone in the WGAw explain why the WGA out here refuses to join? I mean, I know the membership voted down the last attempt to become part of the family, but what were the internal politics leading to the thumbs down?

Anonymous said...

What would the WGA get out of joining? And would the WGA lose its independence if they did join the AFL CIO? This is a serious question, not a snarky one.