LA Observed: Writers Guild purge on

Writers Guild purge on

Kevin Roderick • Bio • Email

This morning's Variety and Hollywood Reporter had stories on the new WGA board, at its first meeting, dumping executive director John McLean. The interim replacement is David Young, the guild's director of organizing. Newly elected president Patric Verrone said in a statement, "We ran on a platform of organizing and expanding our membership, and reaching out to find ways to work with our sister guilds. The members of the WGAw clearly responded to those priorities. Today we begin that process in earnest." Young is a longtime labor guy, a past supervisor of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' Southern California Construction Organizing Project and assistant national director of organizing for the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees.

2:29 PM Tuesday, September 27 2005 • Link
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