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Los Angeles – Internet writers employed at CBS studios in the L.A. area have unanimously voted to be represented by the Writers Guild of America, West. The vote was conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
"This is good news for new media writers. Congratulations and welcome to the Writers Guild," said WGAW President Patric M. Verrone. "As more and more news, sports, and promotional content is distributed on the Internet, it is essential that its writers win respect for their work and all the benefits of a WGA contract."
WGAW Union Representative Lynda Whittaker and WGAW Organizer Laura Watson worked closely with WGAW shop stewards – Kathy Kiernan, Scott Gutman, and Brett Galde – throughout the campaign. The next step for the 15 writers is contract negotiations. “We hope to reach a fair deal with CBS as soon as possible,” said Whittaker.
”I know in this ever-changing world it’s important to be heard ... and it might be cliche, but there is strength in numbers. I’m not always sure the meek shall inherit the Earth, but I know the weak don't have a chance. I applaud the Guild for making us all stronger,” said CBS web writer Alan Carter.
CBS New Media Writers Now WGA Members
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Good news! They should be covered under the WGA for that content.
Did Patric let in these people waive initiation dues too? He always panders to the newbies while old members get screwed.
Er, wait. That’s a misleading headline.
These people aren’t members yet. They’ve only agreed to have the Guild represent them in their bid to have CBS Studios sign a WGA contract.
I truly wish them well but will be surprised if they’re successful. Be prepared for CBS to dismiss all of them and contract their Internet work out to freelancers who will work from home.
CBS has spent the past year quietly laying off most of their union workforce (IBEW and IATSE etc) while keeping on underpaid and un-benefited production personnel under the cloak of “well, they’re working in new media… which is different.” Editing is editing whether you’re going from tape to tape or hard drive to hard drive, but CBS thinks otherwise.
Not that it matters much now. The halls of TV City are empty and echoy now and the red ink is flowing freely… If the bottom hadn’t dropped out of the real estate market, TVCity would already have been sold and leveled to make way for the expansion of The Grove.
Yeah, too bad the same can’t be said for us Reality TV writers. For years, I’ve written on shows ranging from Big Brother to Top Chef and I still don’t see any WGA union representation.
The WGA basically abandoned Reality TV writers after the strike. We basically work for free relative to the number of hours we put in on these shows only to have to scrape by like paupers on unemployment in between gigs because we get no residuals.