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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 1d

A union will drastically improve your work life. If you work in nonfiction TV, documentary film, podcasting, online media or broadcast news, contact a representative from the WGA East to answer your questions. www.wgaeast.org/organize/con...

Contact An Organizer | Writers Guild of America East

Find out how you can form a union at your workplace. No matter what changes have impacted the media industry, the Guild has always played a central role in fighting for—and winning—better standards…

www.wgaeast.org

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 1d

Union A-Z: We prefer voluntary recognition because it’s faster, it saves everyone time and money, and it shows real respect for workers’ voices. ✅

VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION [noun]
When an employer agrees to recognize a union after a majority of workers show support without requiring a formal election overseen by the NLRB. Once recognition is granted, the employer agrees to begin bargaining in good faith with the union over wages, hours, and working conditions.

“In March, COURIER and the WGAE reached an agreement for the voluntary recognition of COURIER’s 50-member staff union including reporters, editors, designers, and social media managers.”

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 6d

A good year and a meaningful fast to those observing Yom Kippur ✨

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 6d

TELL CONGRESS:
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

Workers’ livelihoods depend on it.

Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first | AFL-CIO

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 6d

The WGAE stands in solidarity with @sagaftra.org following the unprovoked attack on member Asal Rezaei as she was arriving to cover a story at the Broadview, Illinois, ICE Facility.

Read SAG-AFTRA's statement: www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-st...

Protect Free Speech: Solidarity with SAG-AFTRA

The WGAE, which represents writers and producers at CBS News Chicago, stands with SAG-AFTRA and their member, Asal Rezaei, who was targeted by federal agents while reporting from an ICE Facility. This was an unprovoked attack on the free press and we support SAG-AFTRA’s demand that this incident be thoroughly and independently investigated.

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 8d

Submissions for the 2026 Writers Guild Awards are open: submit your screenplays, podcasts, news scripts and more for consideration before 8pm ET / 5pm PT on Friday, December 5, 2025. Read rules and submit via www.wgaeast.org/award/2026/

2026 | Writers Guild of America East

The 2026 Writers Guild Awards.

www.wgaeast.org

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 11d

“Disney was targeted with protests and consumer threats to boycott its services (i.e., by canceling Disney+) as well as criticism from Hollywood guilds and others for the perception it wasn’t standing up for First Amendment rights.”

Jimmy Kimmel Fully Back on the Air: Nexstar Joins Sinclair in Returning Late-Night Show to ABC Stations After Temporary Blackout

Jimmy Kimmel is coming back nationwide on ABC stations across the U.S., after station group owner Nexstar joined Sinclair in announcing it was ending its boycott.

variety.com

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to everyone who joined today’s rally. We can holster our lightsabers (for now) - Kimmel is back on ALL ABC stations!

Get Free @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social · 11d

Today, members of @50501newyork.bsky.social , @wgaeast.bsky.social, and Get Free’s Project Fulcrum rallied in front of the Nexstar’s corporate office in NYC to demand they free the airwaves, show Jimmy Kimmel, and refuse to comply with future regime attacks on truth and freedom.

Sign that reads: the death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands… we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest - Mon Mothma”

Sign: nexstar - refuse to comply with the MAGA regime/imperial censorship

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Lisa Takeuchi Cullen @lisatakeuchicullen.bsky.social · 11d

The two bravest groups or writers right now:

1) Late-night

2) PBS

We represent both at @wgaeast.bsky.social

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

Kimmel’s writing staff doesn’t seem cowed by the events of the past week.

@jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 12d

TODAY at 3:30pm ET, @TheAnkler.com is hosting a free, open-to-all Zoom meeting about mergers: Why a Paramount-Warner deal would devastate jobs, the theatrical business and the industry as a whole — and what you can do to make your voice heard about them.

Learn more: theankler.com/p/town-hall-...

Paramount, Warner, and the Facts About Mergers

Hosted by Richard Rushfield Featuring Matt Stoller and special guests

It's time to act! Hear about the law and history of mergers - and what you, the community, can and can't do about them.

Zoom meet open to all

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Liz Phelps @lizphelps.bsky.social · 14d

Big shoutout to all folks who were boots on the ground protesting and drawing attention to Kimmel's suspension this past week. 👇👇👇

Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 16d

Today, we leafleted audience members in line for The View, Good Morning America, and LIVE with Kelly & Mark to encourage them to join the fight to show ABC/Disney no president or corporation can deny our right to free speech.

Two WGAE members passing out flyers to the audience

“Help us get Jimmy Kimmel Live! back on the air” in front of ‘The View’ audience poster

Two WGAE members holding Bring Kimmel Back flyers

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leeRlyons @leerlyons.bsky.social · 13d

East coast folks! NEXSTAR AND SINCLAIR, which own a HUGE percentage of your local broadcasters, are still kowtowing to fascist 47 and his administration's attempt to stifle free speech. This is bigger than Kimmel. Get out there, (dress like a Jedi?), and let your voice be heard!

Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 13d

Join us this Friday, Sept 29 for a Star Wars-themed rally outside Nexstar's Manhattan office (at 1301 6th Ave between 52nd & 53rd) to demand that Nexstar and Sinclair air Jimmy Kimmel Live! and refuse to comply with future regime attacks on truth and freedom.

RSVP: wgaea.st/926-rally

Protect Free Speech, Star Wars-Themed Fan Rally

I Have Friends Everywhere

Friday, September 26 at noon
Nexstar Corporate Offices
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

RSVP: wgaea.st/926-rally

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 13d

Join us this Friday, Sept 29 for a Star Wars-themed rally outside Nexstar's Manhattan office (at 1301 6th Ave between 52nd & 53rd) to demand that Nexstar and Sinclair air Jimmy Kimmel Live! and refuse to comply with future regime attacks on truth and freedom.

RSVP: wgaea.st/926-rally

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 15d

“ABC just revealed that Jimmy Kimmel Live! is returning on Tuesday night after ‘thoughtful conversations’ with parent company Disney.” 👏 deadline.com/2025/09/jimm...

Jimmy Kimmel Is Back: ABC Returning Late-Night Show On Tuesday

Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to ABC. 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will return on Tuesday night after "thoughtful conversations" with the netowrk's parent company Disney.

deadline.com

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Peter Miller @willowpondfilms.bsky.social · 15d

Inspiring to join fellow @wgaeast.bsky.social members in leafleting audience members waiting in line for ABC/Disney shows -- so many were eager to join the fight for free speech.

Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 16d

Today, we leafleted audience members in line for The View, Good Morning America, and LIVE with Kelly & Mark to encourage them to join the fight to show ABC/Disney no president or corporation can deny our right to free speech.

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 15d

“It’s hard to push back when you don’t have power, but Bob Iger and Dana Walden have power,” [WGAW President Meredith] Stiehm said of Disney’s CEO and entertainment chair. “They know what this is. This is appeasement. This is cowardice. They’re being bullied. And they should say no."

‘Hour to Hour’: Kimmel Crisis Deepens at Disney as Comedy World Erupts

Dana Walden, Rob Mills & their star attempt a second meeting as top comics fume: ‘There will be careers for people who make fun of the powerful’

theankler.com

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Jim Wurst @jimwurst.bsky.social · 16d

It was a great action. This audience knew the stakes and was ready to let Disney know. At least one audience member sent a letter while waiting in line.

Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 16d

Today, we leafleted audience members in line for The View, Good Morning America, and LIVE with Kelly & Mark to encourage them to join the fight to show ABC/Disney no president or corporation can deny our right to free speech.

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 16d

Send a letter in one click to ABC & Disney executives Dana Walden, Debra OConnell and Almin Karamehmedovic demanding that they reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Live! and stand up against future political intimidation. wgaea.st/ABC-Letter

Tell ABC & Disney executives to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power,...

wgaea.st

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 16d

Today, we leafleted audience members in line for The View, Good Morning America, and LIVE with Kelly & Mark to encourage them to join the fight to show ABC/Disney no president or corporation can deny our right to free speech.

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 18d

Join us THIS MONDAY at 9:15am for a flyering action to demand that ABC/Disney executives Dana Walden and Debra OConnell reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Live!

We’ll meet outside the WGAE office and head to the ABC offices up the street from there.

RSVP: wgaea.st/Kimmel-Flyering

DEMAND ABC BRING BACK JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
MONDAY FLYERING AT ABC OFFICES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 9:15AM ET
MEET UP OUTSIDE WGAE OFFICE
(250 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013)
TO WALK TO ABC OFFICE ACROSS
THE STREET
RSVP: WGAEA.ST/KIMMEL-FLYERING

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 18d

Join us on Monday for an audience flyering action at ABC Networks as we continue to protest spineless capitulation to the Trump administration. RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-flyering

Rally to Protect Free Speech: Demand ABC Brings Back Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Calling all Guild members, labor allies and anyone who believes in a free country — Join us on Monday, September 22 at 9:15am for a flyering action to demand that ABC/Disney executives Dana Walden an...

wgaea.st

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 18d

Yesterday, hundreds of WGA members and allies rallied outside Disney/ABC's offices to demand Jimmy Kimmel Live! be reinstated. Thank you to everyone who showed up in the name of protecting free speech and union jobs ✊

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 18d

Join us THIS MONDAY at 9:15am for a flyering action to demand that ABC/Disney executives Dana Walden and Debra OConnell reinstate Jimmy Kimmel Live!

We’ll meet outside the WGAE office and head to the ABC offices up the street from there.

RSVP: wgaea.st/Kimmel-Flyering

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Lisa Takeuchi Cullen @lisatakeuchicullen.bsky.social · 19d

Our union, the WGA East, represents most of the late-night writers. They are middle-class workers who toil crazy hours writing the jokes and bits you see and hear as you end your day. They love what they do but they work their asses off. Now their careers are in peril.

@wgaeast.bsky.social

Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 19d

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 19d

@wgaeast.bsky.social Kimmel protest

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