We're offering a 2-week trial of WrapPRO for $1. If you’ve been wanting to check out our full coverage, now’s the time. Greetings!Just as the Writers Guild of America is set to begin contract negotiations with the Hollywood studios next month, the union is facing labor problems of its own — one that's escalating by the day. On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guild of America West threw its support behind the Writers Guild Staff Union. As our Jeremy Fuster reports, about 120 people showed up to strike on the picket line. "These staffers do so many foundational things," WGAW captain Joe Russo told Fuster, who was on the scene. "They process our residuals. They process late pay claims. They do a lot of the things writers don’t want to do so we can focus on our work, and we want them to be treated fairly by our own union." That same evening, the WGSU and WGA resumed negotiations, and apparently, it didn't go well. On Wednesday, the WGSU said that if it doesn't accept the WGA's final offer, the union will cancel the 2026 Writers Guild Awards, which are scheduled for March 8. The WGSU believes the threat is an attempt "to drive a wedge between union staff and WGA membership when we should be building unity ahead of MBA negotiations with the AMPTP. We urge guild management to end this strike now.” The union, for its part, believes it has made fair proposals for the next contract. "During the course of 19 negotiating sessions since September, the Guild has offered the staff union comprehensive proposals with numerous union protections and improvements to compensation and working conditions," WGAW said in a statement, adding that the guild “will continue to prepare for the upcoming MBA negotiations, and management staff will carry on the core functions of the Guild. We look forward to a resolution of a first contract with the staff union." Roger Cheng 
Talks broke down after the WGSU claimed the WGA wasn't bargaining in good faith, and provided little movement on counterproposals... 
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