, an earlier state court suit by the WGA against those agencies and CAA and ICM, and a WGA action against most agencies that has seen over 7,000 writers fire their agents — all punctuated by fruitless negotiating sessions between the parties.
Coupled with that assertion is a claim that when ATA members meet in order to decide what to propose to the guild in negotiations, they are engaged in collusion and price fixing. Taken together, the contentions amount to an attack on the existence of the ATA itself. In an email to members, the WGA referred to the proposed provision as a “sunset clause,” but it comes after previously implacable opposition to the practice — and is seemingly contradicted by Friday’s cease and desist letter. The email also said that the guild would be sending out a member survey Friday on the agency campaign.For 15 months, the WGA consistently told the ATA and major agencies what writers must have: proper fiduciary representation.
For this reason, the ATA and the eight agencies that comprise its negotiating committee , received a cease and desist letter today . It demonstrates from an antitrust perspective, the agencies and ATA are engaged in:Unlawfully refusing to deal with the WGA except through the ATA We simplified the agency requirement of notice to the WGA of writer commencement by allowing them to copy the WGA on invoices.
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