WGA MAY EXPAND STRIKE TO INCLUDE NEW MEDIA, ANIMATION
Thursday, October 11 2007
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Toughening its stand against Hollywood movie and TV producers, the Writers Guild of America said Wednesday that if a strike is called next month, it will bar writers from performing any work for new media or for animation, even though those areas are not included under the current contract, Daily Variety reported today (Thursday). The WGA is also taking the position that any nonmembers who perform work for the producers during a strike will be barred from joining the guild afterwards. Steven Hulett, longtime business agent for the Animation Guild, told the trade publication, "Any union can discipline their members for violations of internal rules and policy. But I can't imagine our union attempting to prevent someone from joining and working for another union. So good luck to them."
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