Strike action
Fran Drescher, the union’s president, celebrated the tentative three-year agreement as “The Billion+ $ Deal! 3X the last contract!”
With the public largely behind striking auto workers, candidates who have embraced the GOP’s anti-labor platform now find themselves in a tough bind.
The most vocal WGA supporter being kicked off “Dancing With the Stars,” a previously struck show, after one episode? To some viewers, it seems fishy…
The union’s 11,500 members still need to vote to ratify the contract in a referendum that is set to take place early next month.
The president joining the auto workers’ picket line was historic. But he’s got a lot of work to do to convince the unions that green technology is not their enemy.
Guild leaders are expected to meet Tuesday to vote on the final deal and determine whether or not to lift the strike. Then what?
The union said that “meaningful gains and protections for writers” had been secured in the new three-year contract, but that “no one is to return to work” just yet.