So the Production Workers march — i.e., crew folk — that occurred over the weekend, asking that both sides just bring this effing strike to a close–finds itself now called the “BTL March” over at Ms. N. Finke’s Deadline Hollywood blog. Hmm. We knew about and publicized it here at BTL, of course. I [...]

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From today’s Huffington Post:
SEIU Local 99 in Los Angeles — education workers who include teacher’s aids, cafeteria workers and crossing guards — yesterday fired former Clinton spokesman Chris Lehane from a consulting contract in support of the WGA .
“By the end of the week, I believe Chris Lehane will have no union clients because of [...]

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WGA East President Michael Winship released the following letter to his members.
Based on the rhetoric here, you’d better hunker down for a strike that doesn’t end ’til sometime in ‘09. Of course, we will be revisiting our call for an entirely new team of negotiators — for both sides — in future posts and print [...]

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In a press release making the rounds today, IA President Thomas Short blasted the WGA for the current collapse of “negotiations.” While he has a point about the complete tactical misfire, committed by the WGA, of waiting too late to start talks, it remains myserious — or perhaps not — that Short seems to [...]

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