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class="infobox-caption">Writers Guild of America West - 7000 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, California</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">WGAW</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Screen_Writers_Guild" title="Screen Writers Guild">Screen Writers Guild</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data note">1954<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1954</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="country-name">United States</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Members <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2019)</span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">10,559 (full members)<br />13,881 (other members)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">President</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Meredith_Stiehm" title="Meredith Stiehm">Meredith Stiehm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Vice President</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Michele Mulroney</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Thomas" title="Betsy Thomas">Betsy Thomas</a>, Secretary/Treasurer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Affiliation_of_Writers_Guilds" title="International Affiliation of Writers Guilds">IAWG</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wga.org">www<wbr />.wga<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"><sup id="cite_ref-OLMS_LM-2_2019-06-27_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLMS_LM-2_2019-06-27-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Writers Guild of America West</b> (<b>WGAW</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">labor union</a> representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. It was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, including the <a href="/wiki/Screen_Writers_Guild" title="Screen Writers Guild">Screen Writers Guild</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has around 20,000 members.<sup id="cite_ref-OLMS_LM-2_2014-06-27_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLMS_LM-2_2014-06-27-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wgawannualreport_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wgawannualreport-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The WGAW and the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America,_East" title="Writers Guild of America, East">Writers Guild of America, East</a> (WGAE), though independent entities, jointly brand themselves together as the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a> (WGA), and cooperate on activities such as launching coordinated <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike actions</a> and administering the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="Writers Guild of America Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</a>. The WGAE is an affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/International_Affiliation_of_Writers_Guilds" title="International Affiliation of Writers Guilds">International Affiliation of Writers Guilds</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The WGAW is governed by its membership. Elections for a board of directors are held annually by secret mail-in ballot. Half of the board is elected each year to a two-year term of office, and a board member may not serve more than four consecutive terms. In 2022 the officers are:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>President</b>: <a href="/wiki/Meredith_Stiehm" title="Meredith Stiehm">Meredith Stiehm</a></li> <li><b>Vice President</b>: Michele Mulroney</li> <li><b>Secretary-Treasurer</b>: <a href="/wiki/Betsy_Thomas" title="Betsy Thomas">Betsy Thomas</a></li> <li><b>Board of Directors</b>: Liz Hsiao Lan Alper, <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Bob-Waksberg" title="Raphael Bob-Waksberg">Raphael Bob-Waksberg</a>, Angelina Burnett, Robb Chavis, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Conover" title="Adam Conover">Adam Conover</a>, Marjorie David, Travis Donnelly, <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Gable" title="Ashley Gable">Ashley Gable</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Halpern" title="Justin Halpern">Justin Halpern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dante_Harper" class="mw-redirect" title="Dante Harper">Dante W. Harper</a>, Eric Haywood, Deric A. Hughes, Zoe Marshall, Dailyn Rodriguez, <a href="/wiki/John_Rogers_(writer)" title="John Rogers (writer)">John Rogers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Yorkin" title="Nicole Yorkin">Nicole Yorkin</a>.</li></ul> <p>David Young is employed as the Guild's executive director and Tony Segall is general counsel. Young served as the Guild's chief negotiator during the 2007 contract negotiations and subsequent 100-day strike. On November 3, 2023, the guild announced that Young will be stepping down from his role and will be replaced with Ellen Stutzman.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to WGAW's Department of Labor records since 2006, over half of the guild's total membership is ineligible to vote, comprising the guild's "post current", "emeritus", and "associate" members.<sup id="cite_ref-OLMS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLMS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Past_presidents">Past presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Past presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the formation of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) in 1954 there have been 33 presidents.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first President was screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Breen" title="Richard L. Breen">Richard L. Breen</a>, followed by: </p><p><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Hartmann" title="Edmund Hartmann">Edmund L. Hartmann</a>, Curtis Kenyon, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Englund" title="Ken Englund">Ken Englund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Schnee" title="Charles Schnee">Charles Schnee</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_R._Webb" title="James R. Webb">James R. Webb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nate_Monaster" title="Nate Monaster">Nate Monaster</a>, Christopher Knopf, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Blankfort" title="Michael Blankfort">Michael Blankfort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ranald_MacDougall" title="Ranald MacDougall">Ranald MacDougall</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Furia_Jr." title="John Furia Jr.">John Furia Jr.</a>, David W. Rintels, Daniel Taradash, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Pierson" title="Frank Pierson">Frank Pierson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a>, George Kirgo, <a href="/wiki/Del_Reisman" title="Del Reisman">Del Reisman</a>, Brad Radnitz, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Petrie_Jr." title="Daniel Petrie Jr.">Daniel Petrie Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Wells_(filmmaker)" title="John Wells (filmmaker)">John Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Riskin" title="Victoria Riskin">Victoria Riskin</a>, Charles D. Holland, <a href="/wiki/Patric_Verrone" title="Patric Verrone">Patric M. Verrone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Keyser" title="Christopher Keyser">Christopher Keyser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_A._Rodman" title="Howard A. Rodman">Howard A. Rodman</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_A._Goodman" title="David A. Goodman">David A. Goodman</a>. </p><p>The current president is screenwriter and producer <a href="/wiki/Meredith_Stiehm" title="Meredith Stiehm">Meredith Stiehm</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Screen_Writers_Guild" title="Screen Writers Guild">Screen Writers Guild</a> (SWG) was formed in 1921 by a group of ten <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriters</a> in Hollywood angered over wage reductions announced by the major film studios.<sup id="cite_ref-WG-foundation/SWG-history_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WG-foundation/SWG-history-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Authors_Guild" title="Authors Guild">Authors Guild</a> in 1933 and began representing TV writers in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-WG-foundation/SWG-history_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WG-foundation/SWG-history-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954, the SWG was one of five groups who merged to represent professional writers on both coasts and became the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAe) and West (WGAW). <a href="/wiki/Howard_J._Green" title="Howard J. Green">Howard J. Green</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Howard_Lawson" title="John Howard Lawson">John Howard Lawson</a> were the first two presidents during the SWG era.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Taradash" title="Daniel Taradash">Daniel Taradash</a> was president of the WGAW from 1977 to 1979. </p><p>In 1952, the Guild authorized movie studios to delete onscreen credits for any writers who had not been cleared by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a>, as part of the industry's <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist#The_blacklist_at_its_height_(1952–56)" title="Hollywood blacklist">blacklisting of writers</a> with alleged <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communist</a> or <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">leftist</a> leanings or affiliations. </p><p>From March to August 1988, <a href="/wiki/1988_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" title="1988 Writers Guild of America strike">WGAW members were on strike</a> against the major American television networks in a dispute over <a href="/wiki/Residual_(entertainment_industry)" title="Residual (entertainment industry)">residuals</a> from repeat airings and foreign/home video use of scripted shows and made-for-TV movies. The 22-week strike crippled American broadcast television and drove millions of viewers, disgusted with the lack of new scripted programming, to <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable channels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Home_video" title="Home video">home video</a>, a blow to ratings and revenues from which, some industry watchers argue, the networks have never fully recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, Victoria Riskin resigned as WGAW President after being accused by her opponent Eric Hughes during the 2003 election of using a sham writing contract to maintain her membership status.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was replaced by vice-president Charles Holland, who resigned a few weeks later when questions arose about statements he had made about his college football career and his claim of having secretly served in combat as a Green Beret, a claim his army records did not support.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Riskin's resignation, the U.S. Department of Labor investigated the sham contract and concluded that Riskin was indeed ineligible to run.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WGAW entered into a settlement by offering to re-run the election under DOL supervision. A new election was held in September 2004 between Eric Hughes and Daniel Petrie Jr. which Petrie won. </p><p>On April 17, 2019, WGA West and <a href="/wiki/WGA_East" class="mw-redirect" title="WGA East">WGA East</a> filed a lawsuit in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Superior_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Superior Court">Los Angeles Superior Court</a> against the four dominant <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_(film_industry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood (film industry)">Hollywood</a> <a href="/wiki/Talent_agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Talent agency">talent agencies</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Morris_Agency" title="William Morris Agency">William Morris Agency</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creative_Artists_Agency" title="Creative Artists Agency">Creative Artists Agency</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Talent_Agency" title="United Talent Agency">United Talent Agency</a> and <a href="/wiki/ICM_Partners" title="ICM Partners">ICM Partners</a>, citing <a href="/wiki/Movie_packaging" title="Movie packaging">movie packaging</a> fee practices, which the WGA asserts are a violation of state and federal laws.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately 95 percent of Guild members voted "in favor of a code of conduct that would cease packaging fees."<sup id="cite_ref-Variety4-22-19_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety4-22-19-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the week following its lawsuit filing; <i>en masse</i>, over 7,000 Guild members fired their talent agents, as "not just drastically out-earning them, but preventing them from receiving better pay."<sup id="cite_ref-Variety4-22-19_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety4-22-19-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WGA president <a href="/wiki/David_A._Goodman" title="David A. Goodman">David A. Goodman</a> was then quoted as stating to <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">NPR</a> "that in a period of unprecedented profits and growth of our business ... writers themselves are actually earning less".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reality_United">Reality United</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reality United"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2005, WGAW started a "reality rights" campaign to allow writers of <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality television</a> shows to qualify for guild rights and benefits.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The union maintained that the storytellers who conceive the tests and confrontations on such shows were <i>bona fide</i> writers.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Guild also expressed concern the <a href="/wiki/1988_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" title="1988 Writers Guild of America strike">1988 strike</a> showed that lack of representation in the genre would weaken their future bargaining position.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studio executives maintained that these employees were primarily editors, not writers, and that the shows needed to appear to be unscripted in order for viewers to feel they were "real."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of this campaign, on September 20, 2006, the WGAW held a <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a> unity rally in support of the <i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Next_Top_Model#ANTM_Writers'_Labor_Dispute" title="America's Next Top Model">America's Next Top Model</a></i> writers' <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a>. President <a href="/wiki/Patric_Verrone" title="Patric Verrone">Patric Verrone</a> said, "Every piece of media with a moving image on a screen or a recorded voice must have a writer, and every writer must have a WGA contract."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 6, 2006, the WGAW filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the <a href="/wiki/National_Labor_Relations_Board" title="National Labor Relations Board">National Labor Relations Board</a> after <i>Top Model</i> producers said the show's next season would be produced using a new system that would not require writers. In response, Verrone said, "as they demanded union representation, the company decided they were expendable. This is illegal strikebreaking."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_stoppages">Work stoppages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Work stoppages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2008_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike"><span id="2007.E2.80.932008_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike"></span>2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" title="2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike">2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike</a></div> <p>On November 2, 2007, the Guild again went on strike, this time over writers' share of revenues from <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> releases and from <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>, cellphone shows, and other <a href="/wiki/New_media" title="New media">new media</a> uses of programs and films written by members. The strike vote followed the expiration of the guild's contract with the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Motion_Picture_and_Television_Producers" title="Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers">Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike">2023 Writers Guild of America strike</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2023 Writers Guild of America strike"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" title="2023 Writers Guild of America strike">2023 Writers Guild of America strike</a></div> <p>Since March 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a> had been in contract negotiations with the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Motion_Picture_and_Television_Producers" title="Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers">Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers</a> (AMPTP). The current contract ended at 11:59 PM PDT on May 1, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since an acceptable new contract was not negotiated, WGA members officially voted for a strike commencing on May 2, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vote by WGA members was: 9,020 (97.85%) in favor and 198 (2.15%) opposed. Total ballots cast was 9,218 (78.79% of eligible WGA members). The vote set a new record for both turnout and the percentage of support in a strike authorization vote.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 22, 2023, the <a href="/wiki/SAG-AFTRA" title="SAG-AFTRA">SAG-AFTRA</a> National Board voted unanimously to pass a resolution in support of WGA negotiations with the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Motion_Picture_and_Television_Producers" title="Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers">AMPTP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In preparation, the WGA published <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/strike-rules">its strike rules.</a> The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/committee">WGA Negotiating Committee</a> is led by Ellen Stutzman (chief negotiator), <a href="/wiki/David_A._Goodman" title="David A. Goodman">David A. Goodman</a> (co-chair) and Chris Keyser (co-chair). </p><p>On May 1, 2023, negotiations between WGA and AMPTP concluded without a deal.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hollywood trade publication <a href="/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood" title="Deadline Hollywood">Deadline</a> reported that as of May 2, 2023 at 12:01 am PDT the Writers Guild of America was on strike.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 23, 2023, news outlets reported that the WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers were close to a final resolution and expected a resolution to be had by the end of the weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 24, 2023, it was announced that the writers and the studios reached a tentative agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Magazine">Magazine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Magazine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Written By</i>, the WGAW's official journal since 1997, is published six times a year.<sup id="cite_ref-writtenby_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-writtenby-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writers_Guild_Theater">Writers Guild Theater</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Writers Guild Theater"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Writers Guild Theater</i>, on South Doheny Drive, in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Beverly Hills">Beverly Hills</a>, is a 473-seat theater, with 2,000 square feet of "flexible space".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writers_Guild_Foundation">Writers Guild Foundation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Writers_Guild_of_America_West&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Writers Guild Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1966, the Writers Guild Foundation was founded by Writers Guild members to raise money for writers to attend the International Writers Guild conference in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-wgfoundation/history_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wgfoundation/history-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Writers Guild Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that is affiliated with, but independent of, the WGAW.<sup id="cite_ref-wgfoundation/faq_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wgfoundation/faq-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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