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WGA neemt maatregelen tegen AMPTP

Writer's Strikecomment

Zoals ik van de week beschreef is de AMPTP in de onderhandelingen met de WGA afgelopen vrijdag weggelopen. Dit terwijl WGA-leden nog steeds staken, banen verloren gaan en verliezen geleden worden.

De WGA heeft besloten hier juridische actie tegen te ondernemen, teneinde AMPTP te dwingen terug te komen om te onderhandelen:

The AMPTP and each of its member companies have a legal obligation to bargain in good faith with the WGA. Their unilateral walkout from negotiations last Friday and their on-going refusal to bargain is illegal under the National Labor Relations Act. Therefore the WGA today filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against the AMPTP with the National Labor Relations Board.

De volledige tekst staat in deze aankondiging op United Hollywood.

Update: AMPTP heeft hierop gereageerd met dit bericht:

The WGA's filing of a complaint with the NLRB reminds us of the old lawyers' adage: When the facts are on your side, argue the facts. When the law is on your side, argue the law. And when you don't have either the law or the facts on your side, you pound the table. The WGA has now been reduced to pounding the table, and this baseless, desperate NLRB complaint is just the latest indication that the WGA's negotiating strategy has achieved nothing for working writers.

En in die tekst maken ze nog fouten ook. Het bekvechten blijft nog wel even doorgaan, ben ik bang.