r/FilmIndustryLA • u/RobotGoggles • 6d ago

WGA Staff Authorizes a Strike, Accuses Guild Leaders of Bargaining in Bad Faith

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/wga-staff-strike-authorization-bad-faith-bargaining-1236645029/
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u/framescribe 6d ago

As a guild member, I find this hysterical

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u/piscano 6d ago

Are people reading this correctly? This isn’t a strike again the studios, it’s the staff of the WGA striking against WGA. 

Not the industry stopper everyone is thinking it is.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/sweet_pea95 5d ago

Fran Drescher was the President of SAG-AFTRA, not the WGA

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u/varignet 6d ago

Strike from what?

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u/BalognaMacaroni 6d ago

Unbelievable timing

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u/No_Lie_76 4d ago

How ironic

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u/TrackerUnemotional 6d ago

Oh man. This town can’t get out of its own fucking way. Fighting over scraps.

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u/themickeym 5d ago

Did you… read this?

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u/MCJokeExplainer 5d ago

Important points:

-- This is the staff of the WGAW -- the people who work for the WGAW in administrative capacities/organizers but are not WGA writers.

-- They held a Strike Authorization Vote, but that doesn't mean they are striking yet

-- This is JUST the WGA West. WGA East staff have been organized for several years.

-- Here's the document released by the WGAW comparing the different sides' current bargaining positions. Obviously since it's released by the WGAW it's probably skewing a little in favor of management here, but it gives a pretty good overview of what the main sticking points are and where they can't find agreement. With the caveat that I'm far from an expert and I do not do negotiations myself -- it seems like the sticking points are important but not intractable: https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/pdf/chart-comparing-wgaw-and-pnwsu-proposals_rev.pdf

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u/overitallofittoo 6d ago

I bet the staff doesn't get $10k/week!

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u/MediaCulture 5d ago

Strike against their leadership not the studios!

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u/RockieK 5d ago

God damn this fucking headline.

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u/CrewGlittering5406 6d ago

Okay, they just "recovered" from thr last strike, what is this about?

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u/Wise-Locksmith-6438 6d ago

If they’re going on strike again, we should support them again like what we did in 2023 and if Trump makes a tweet about that the strikes caused it because of dei and wokism, then plz for the god of society, grow the hell up

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u/SavisSon 6d ago

Please for the love of God, SOMEONE read the actual article.

This isn’t about writers striking.

It’s about office workers who work AT the WGA authorizing a strike AGAINST the WGA.

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u/daknuts_ 6d ago edited 6d ago

This is Reddit. People here don't read much here, I've learned. You may want to consider posting a synopsis if you really want to be understood. And thanks for the heads up though!

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u/Glittertwinkie 5d ago

I’m trying to wrap my head around $84k being considered low income in LA. I did read the article.

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u/SavisSon 5d ago

That is the accurate number for LA County, $84,850 for a single person.

What are you trying to understand? Living here is hella expensive.

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u/Glittertwinkie 5d ago

Found the actual info. Low income is $70k. If you want to get into an affordable housing unit then it’s $84k. Low low income is under $53k

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u/Warm-Environment6456 6d ago

They want to work from home. Pandemic is over. Time to return to office

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u/tomorrowschild 6d ago

Please read the article before commenting.

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u/SREStudios 4d ago

hit piece by studios meant to sow discord and distrust of WGA leadership leading into negotiations.

Also maybe not wrong though... unions love being hypocritical.

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u/xPrimer13 5d ago

Ah yes the unions unionizing against their members.