Local News in Brief : Writers Guild Faces Complaint by NLRB
The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board has filed an unfair labor practices complaint against the Writers Guild of America, seeking to invalidate rules that limit guild members’ ability to quit the union during a strike. The complaint, which calls for a Nov. 3 hearing before an administrative law judge in Los Angeles, could eventually lead to a hearing before the labor board in Washington.
The action supports a charge filed by 21 dissident members of the guild during a 54-day strike against movie and television producers. The dissidents argued that U.S. Supreme Court decisions rendered invalid guild constitutional provisions that subjected them to the union’s strike rules even if they resigned during a strike.
Spokesmen for the guild said the guild expects to prevail in the lawsuit before the NLRB or on appeal to the federal courts, if necessary.
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