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CBS News Digital’s WGA East Union Members Reach Deal on Three-Year Contract, One Week Before Skydance Is Set to Take Over WGA East members at CBS News Digital reached a deal on their first collective-bargaining agreement, coming a week before Skydance-Paramount deal closes.

Congrats to the @wgaeast.bsky.social members of CBS News Digital on their new contract! variety.com/2025/digital...

Episode 61: Jen Statsky, "Hacks" | OnWriting | Writers Guild of America Inspiration. Ambition. Passion. Process. Technique.

Rewind to OnWriting Podcast episode 61, where HACKS co-creator Jen Statsky talks about writing the first season and why writing about people's flaws can bring out the best in a character.
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Better wages, better benefits, and dignity and respect on the job.

North Carolina workers know: It’s ALWAYS #BetterInAUnion!

CBS News Digital’s WGA East Union Members Reach Deal on Three-Year Contract, One Week Before Skydance Is Set to Take Over WGA East members at CBS News Digital reached a deal on their first collective-bargaining agreement, coming a week before Skydance-Paramount deal closes.

The contract was unanimously ratified by the 46-member bargaining unit 👏

CBS News Digital Union - Contract Ratified! Our first union contract... Establishes minimum salaries & guaranteed raises Guarantees extra pay for long days & overnight shifts Guarantees severance in the case of layoffs, including 1.5x severance if laid off due to the implementation of Generative AI + more!

At a time when news workers urgently need job protections, we're proud to share our members at CBS News Digital unanimously ratified their first union contract 💪

Contact An Organizer | Writers Guild of America Find out how you can form a union at your workplace. No matter what changes have impacted the media industry, the Guild has always played a central role in fighting for—and winning—better standards…

A union will drastically improve your work life. If you work in documentary, podcasting, online media and television or radio news, contact a representative from the WGA East to answer your questions.

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Our @condeunion.bsky.social members have real questions about the future of the company and multiple issues that directly affect them. Instead of answering even one question,
Conde Nast execs decided to instead play games - literally - during the meeting. Truly disgraceful

Caucuses | Writers Guild of America Caucuses are a professional forum open to both current Guild members and to established writers who are pursuing Guild membership, but whose produced screenplays and projects do not meet the criteria…

Interested in meeting fellow writers and learning more about your field? Join a WGAE Caucus! We encourage qualified writers (members & non-members welcome) to apply to join the Indie Film, Documentary, and/or Animation caucuses.

Learn more via www.wgaeast.org/caucuses/

ORGANIZING: [verb] Using the collective power of workers to solve problems. This can come in the form of organizing a union at your workplace, or - if you already have a union - organizing issues that arise throughout and after negotiating a contract. “After the Hearst Union voiced concerns about return-to-office mandates by organizing both a petition and a letter campaign, management announced that they would delay the mandate until further notice.”

Union A-Z: Organizing (and protecting workers' right to do so) is critical to building collective power.

How cuts to Medicaid and food stamps could end up hurting kids Spending cuts may be aimed at adults on paper, but kids could still end up without sufficient food and health care under the One Big Beautiful Bill.

The big ugly bill’s Medicaid cuts will put millions of people’s health at risk, including children.

America’s unions will hold those who voted for these cuts accountable—and make sure working people nationwide hear about its devastating consequences.

‘Late Show’ Musicians’ Union Calls Colbert’s Cancellation “Censorship” “What’s happening now is not only wrong, it goes against what we must stand for as a nation," said Robert Suttmann, president of Local 802 American Federation of Musicians.

“Robert Suttmann, president of Local 802 @afm-union.bsky.social, called the show’s surprise cancellation, which Colbert announced July 17, ‘deeply concerning’ both because of the loss of jobs for the musicians in the show’s band, as well as for the broader implications on free speech.”

On a dark blue background. At the top, the disability pride flag and the American flag over lap. Below, in yellow font: Disability Independence Day.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law 35 years ago today. Join us in celebrating this crucial civil rights law that works to ensure all people with disabilities have the same rights & opportunities as everyone else. #DisabilityIndependenceDay

The WGAE is proud to have members across scripted Film/TV, nonfiction, podcasts, online media, news, and more! Get updates directly from our members by following the "WGAE shops" BlueSky list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Episode 128: Lang Fisher & Tracey Wigfield, "The Four Seasons" | OnWriting | Writers Guild of America A conversation with writers from some of your favorite shows about their experiences and insights from the world of late-night.

On this week's episode of the WGAE's OnWriting podcast, "The Four Seasons" co-showrunners Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fisher discuss running their latest writers’ room, how the pitching process has changed for them throughout their careers, and more.

Listen: www.wgaeast.org/onwriting/ep...

1010 WINS Union, Tentative Agreement Reached

We’re thrilled to share that our members at iconic NYC news radio station 1010 WINS have reached a tentative agreement on a new union contract 💪

The thing about jokes is that they require a shared base of knowledge. A shared reality. If I tell a joke about a commercial and you've never seen that commercial, the joke isn't going to go over very well. Losing late night shows is one more step toward losing a shared reality, and that to me is terrifying. There's a moment every New Yorker knows. It happens when you're on the subway and someone does something particularly insane: an 83-year-old white lady raps, or a man in a three-piece suit publicly clips his toenails. And then you catch the eye of someone across the train - they raise their eyebrows and you raise your eyebrows back. And then you feel a little better because someone else saw what you saw and they can confirm that it's something. Late night hosts like Stephen Colbert do that on a larger scale. They're our way of saying "Hey this is crazy right? RIGHT?" In this world of algorithmic bubbles and blatant lies and deepfakes, late night television is a place you can gather at night and say: "Yes, this happened and it's fucking weird"

I wrote about Colbert for the Guardian. It started out talking about the politics, but then it just became a sort of love letter for late night television.

I was a late-night writer. Colbert’s cancellation hurts American comedy – and sanity | Jill Twiss If our overlords can’t handle being joked about on late-night TV, we don’t need new shows. We need new leaders

“CBS wants it both ways. They want the viewers to believe they’re an unbiased network and they want Trump to think they’ll do anything he wants,” writes WGAE member Jill Twiss for The Guardian.

Read: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The US Postal Service is under threat of privatization and Wells Fargo has led the charge with a blueprint to help big corporations cash in on our public Postal Service. Halt Wells Fargo Thursday, July 24 at 11:00 AM at Well Fargo Bank 535 7th Ave, NY, NY

The U.S. Postal Service is under threat of privatization and Wells Fargo has led the charge with a blueprint to help big corporations cash in on our public Postal Service.

Join us TOMORROW, Thursday, July 24 at 11:00AM at 535 7th Ave to say the US Mail is not for sale!

Blue and white graphic with union logos that says: We denounce the passage of the Rescissions Act of 2025, which claws back already approved funding for public media, including, PBS, PBS Kids, NPR and small noncommercial stations across the country. Rescinding public media funds is a radical act that will immediately impact the members of our unions who work on-air and behind-the-scenes to support and enrich their communities, many of whom rely on these stations for critical access to news, local information, and free educational content. More than 19,000 people who work in public radio and broadcasting now face an uncertain future with looming job losses and economic pain, with rural America slated to be hit the hardest by these cuts. At the same time, today is not the last word. We will keep making the case for public media because we know its economic value and the importance it plays in everyday Americans' lives.

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Industries (AEMI) unions affiliated with DPE that have members who work in public media released the following statement denouncing the passage of the Rescissions Act of 2025: www.dpeaflcio.org/press-releas...

WGAE’s Sam Wheeler joined @cnn.com Erin Burnett OutFront to discuss ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ cancellation, what CBS calls “a financial decision.”

ALL working people deserve the freedom, fairness and security that comes from a good union job, and that’s exactly what America’s unions fight for every day.

While on the #BetterInAUnion bus tour in Pittsburgh, AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social broke down what that means 📺 #FFS

'Late Show' Union Calls For Investigation Into CBS Decision To Cancel Colbert The Writers Guild of America said it has "significant concerns" that the cancellation is another bribe aimed at Trump.

"Some Democratic lawmakers have also sounded alarms on the [Late Show] cancellation; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote Thursday that Americans deserve to know if it was a politically calculated move." Read more via HuffPost: www.huffpost.com/entry/wga-la...

NLRB & NLRA [nouns] The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is the federal agency created by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA). The NLRA guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action such as strikes, and the NLRB enforces these rights. “The NLRB recently ruled that, as the owner of the unionized establishment, Mr. Krabs is considered a supervisor under the NLRA, and cannot become a member of the United Food & Retail Workers of Bikini Bottom”

Union A-Z: When companies need a little push to do the right thing, going to the NLRB can be a crucial step in winning union recognition or resolving worker grievances.

Council Elections - Last Call for Nominations. Nominations period closes today at 5pm ET

Last call for 2025 WGAE Council Election nominations! WGAE members can visit wgaeast.org/council-elections for directions and forms. Nominations must be received by 5pm ET today.

Council Elections | Writers Guild of America 2025 Council Election Information The timeline, call for nominations, candidate information, and directions for the election procedure for the 2025 WGAE Council Election are detailed below. If you have...

Reminder: The nominations period for the 2025 WGAE Council Election closes tomorrow at 5pm ET.

Members can visit wgaeast.org/council-elections for sector nomination forms and directions.

Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show Writers Guild of America requests New York attorney general investigate ‘potential wrongdoing’ after shock cancellation

“The Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West asked the New York state attorney general, Letitia James, to investigate Paramount over ‘potential wrongdoing’ after the company announced the cancellation of the Late Show on Thursday.” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Statement from @wgaeast.bsky.social @wgawest.bsky.social

Fact: on July 15, Stephen Colbert called the 60 Minutes settlement a “big fat bribe” to bag the Paramount-Skydance merger.

Fact: on July 17, Paramount canceled the Colbert Show.

We call on NYS AG Letitia James to investigate.

cbs owns local public news and national entertainment channels, and it’s run by billionaire cowards who flatten journalism with entertainment at the cost of public interest and first amendment rights. cbs’s repeated capitulation to a thin-skinned authoritarian like trump puts all workers at risk!

“The Writers Guild of America calls on New York State Attorney General Letitia James, no stranger to prosecuting Trump for illegal business practices, to join California and launch an investigation into potential wrongdoing at Paramount.”