Los Angeles ? Writers on Comcast?s entertainment networks E!, Style, and G4 got a boost today from their counterparts at NBC Universal. Writers with shows airing on NBCU?s broadcast or cable channels or whose shows are produced by NBCU have signed on to a letter supporting the Comcast writers? request for the company to enter into negotiations with the Writers Guild of America, West. In the letter the NBCU writers assert, ?We believe that Comcast Entertainment Group?s writers should have what we have, a Writers Guild of America (WGA) contract that provides portable pension and health benefits, fair payment for reuse and resale of their material, reasonable minimums and other appropriate employment terms.?
Despite the signing of union authorization cards by more than 80% of its writers, Comcast has refused to enter into talks with the Guild about the terms of a contract. The shows to be covered are Attack of the Show, Chelsea Lately, E! News, E! Specials, Fashion Police, G4 Specials, The Dish, The Soup, Web Soup, and X-Play.
?The vast majority of us have made it clear we want WGA representation but, there is no way to reach a deal that is fair to both sides if the company won't bargain with us,? said The Soup writer Greg Fideler.
The letter goes on to state, ?If the Comcast-NBCU merger is ... Read More »
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