Statement from the officers of WGAW:
We stand with our sisters and brothers of #IATSE in their worthy fight for safe working conditions and a fair contract.
In Solidarity,
Meredith Stiehm, President
Michele Mulroney, Vice President
Betsy Thomas, Secretary-Treasurer
A writers room could not function without Writers Assistants and Script Coordinators and it’s about time their pay reflected that. We need to walk the walk and pay our assistants a living wage. I stand in solidarity and support #IALivingWage#IASolidarity
Writers assistants, script coordinators, and other vital crew members make FAR less than a living wage: as little as $23k/yr in a city where rent costs $20k. The movies and TV they create earn millions; the @AMPTP can afford to pay them fairly. #PayUpHollywood#IASolidarity
This is an absolute joy, and we share this incredible honor with our entire cast: D'Arcy Carden, D'Arcy Carden, D'Arcy Carden, D'Arcy Carden, D'Arcy Carden, and of course, the unbelievably talented D'Arcy Carden
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4yo: If a kid kills his parent, when the police come do they have a car seat in the police car?
As we celebrate the beginning of a New Year tonight, we also rejoice in the start of a new Democratic-controlled Congress.
And this Friday (1/4), at 11:30 am in 2154 Rayburn, I will host a press conference to announce my first bill of 2019: #HR51, our #DCstatehood bill!
Local journalism 2018 in review -- in every corner of the U.S. this year, local reporters went to work every day looking to expose wrongdoing in their communities. Here’s just some of what they found: