Overview
- Writers Guild Staff Union members began picketing at the WGA West’s Los Angeles headquarters and said the action will continue until further notice.
- The guild closed its headquarters to members and the public and suspended screenings at the Writers Guild Theater.
- The staff union alleges surveillance of union activity, retaliatory firings, and bad‑faith surface bargaining, and it previously filed an NLRB unfair labor practice charge.
- WGA West rejects the claims as without merit, says it has bargained in good faith across 19 sessions, and has posted side‑by‑side proposal comparisons.
- About 100 of roughly 150 staffers are affected after a January strike authorization that passed with about 82% support, with demands focused on pay, just‑cause and seniority protections, and AI safeguards.