Overview
- Writers Guild Staff Union leaders, who delivered the new package Thursday, set an 11:59 p.m. PT Monday cutoff for WGA West to respond.
- The union offered three paths forward — accept the deal, bargain remaining points using the proposal, or enter third‑party arbitration through California’s state mediation service — and says WGAW has not agreed and denies unfair labor claims.
- The proposal targets four fixes: clear rules for transfers and promotions, layoff and recall protections, a narrowly defined no‑strike clause, and a wage scale with set pay steps.
- Pickets have moved from WGAW’s Fairfax office to SAG‑AFTRA headquarters, where WGA negotiators are meeting the studios’ alliance, in a bid to raise pressure on both talks.
- Variety detailed tense scenes Thursday with chants, blocked driveways, and a union account that WGAW’s top lawyer told staffers to “Take the deal,” as the six‑week strike by roughly 115 of the guild’s 160 employees continues and fallout has included canceling the West Coast WGA Awards.