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The Writers' Guild of Great Britain has called on its members to fully support their American colleagues' strike action.
The guild has also told its members not to break the strike by filling in for US writers. General secretary Bernie Corbett said: "Strikebreaking would at best bring a short-term payday, but would have a devastating long-term effect on a writers’ US career."
Corbett noted that strikebreaking could jeopardise an individual's current or future membership of the American WGA.
"This means we strongly advise our members not to engage in strikebreaking, and on top of that if we learn of any cases of strikebreaking either by WGGB members or non-members, we will not hesitate to inform the WGA so that they can follow it up according to their rules," Corbett warned. "As it happens the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has been able to negotiate satisfactory terms with UK broadcasters covering DVDs, internet downloads, mobile phones, etc. It is right that we should support our American colleagues as they fight to achieve the same kind of terms."
The guild has also told its members not to break the strike by filling in for US writers. General secretary Bernie Corbett said: "Strikebreaking would at best bring a short-term payday, but would have a devastating long-term effect on a writers’ US career."
Corbett noted that strikebreaking could jeopardise an individual's current or future membership of the American WGA.
"This means we strongly advise our members not to engage in strikebreaking, and on top of that if we learn of any cases of strikebreaking either by WGGB members or non-members, we will not hesitate to inform the WGA so that they can follow it up according to their rules," Corbett warned. "As it happens the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has been able to negotiate satisfactory terms with UK broadcasters covering DVDs, internet downloads, mobile phones, etc. It is right that we should support our American colleagues as they fight to achieve the same kind of terms."
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