Updated with details of L.A. meeting: On the second day of the Writers Guild of America’s first strike in 15 years, the guild is holding big meetings on both coasts to detail for members how they got here, what’s going on, and what’s next.
Picket lines broke up earlier Wednesday as the WGA East met at The Great Hall at Cooper Union in NYC and the WGA West gathered at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The event at the former was set to kick off at 6 p.m. Et, while the packed meeting at the latter was set for 7 p.m. Pt. The Great Hall has a capacity of nearly 1,000, and former Oscars venue the Shrine can hold about 6,000 people.
Although the Great Hall meeting took a bit longer than expected to get started, the crowd clearly was fired up, according to sources at the venue.
Picket lines broke up earlier Wednesday as the WGA East met at The Great Hall at Cooper Union in NYC and the WGA West gathered at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The event at the former was set to kick off at 6 p.m. Et, while the packed meeting at the latter was set for 7 p.m. Pt. The Great Hall has a capacity of nearly 1,000, and former Oscars venue the Shrine can hold about 6,000 people.
Although the Great Hall meeting took a bit longer than expected to get started, the crowd clearly was fired up, according to sources at the venue.
- 5/4/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
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