PGA irked over WGA's reality take
Guild believes move represents improper expansion
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The PGA, which reps over 2,000 producers and has no collective bargaining agreements, recently took issue with the WGA's assertion that editors and producers of reality shows should fall under the guild's purview. The PGA singled out the WGA's recent "mission statement," which noted that writers work in development, in the field, review tape, edit for story and are called writers, editors, story producers, story editors, format producers, segment producers, game producers and field producers.
"If indeed you are seeking to redefine the roles and functions listed in your mission statement as those of writers, then you may be courting a strain of chaos for the entire industry," said the letter by PGA veep for television Marshall Herskovitz and exec director Vance Van Petten.
The letter proposed the WGA and the PGA work together on finding solutions to the issues facing workers on reality shows. The missive added that it was "distressing" that the WGA has decided to act on its own.
Guild helped a dozen writers file a lawsuit in Los Angeles on June 7 against four nets and four production companies affiliated with reality guru Mike Fleiss, asserting that the companies have violated state labor laws via falsified pay stubs, a flat-rate 84-hour work week, no overtime and no meal periods.
A spokeswoman for the WGA said it had no comment on the PGA letter.
