The Writers Guild of America has urged a federal judge not to intervene in the writers’ 20-month boycott of CAA and WME, saying the court lacks authority to do so.The agencies have effectively acknowledged that thehas won the long-running dispute, but argue that the guild is punishing them by refusing to come to an agreement.
CAA and WME have agreed to phase out the practice of collecting package fees, and have also offered to wind down their production investments to meet the guild’s demand that agencies own no more than 20% of affiliated production companies. But the WGA has said that their divestment plans do not meet the standard agreed by the other agencies.
“The Guilds’ conduct is no different from any other strike or work stoppage in which workers withhold labor until disputed conditions are satisfied,” the guild’s lawyers wrote. “The Guilds’ nonfraudulent, nonviolent efforts to persuade members to participate in this ‘boycott’ through enforcement of internal union rules are absolutely protected from injunction.”
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