WGAE President Says CBS News Layoffs, Scott Pelley And Other ’60 Minutes’ Firings Show “Profound Contempt For The Journalism Profession”
#News #Politics #60Minutes #CBSNews #ElectionLine #ScottPelley #TomFontana #WGAE #WritersGuildofAmericaEast

https://deadline.com/2026/06/writers-guild-scott-pelley-60-minutes-firings-1236940815/

WGAE President Says CBS News Layoffs, Scott Pelley And Other ’60 Minutes’ Firings Show “Profound Contempt For The Journalism Profession”

Tom Fontana said that the moves showed that CBS brass had "profound contempt for the journalism profession"

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WGAE Reveals 2026 Staff Writer Bootcamp Graduates

The Writers Guild of America East has unveiled the graduates of its 2026 Staff Writer Bootcamp.

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WGAE Members At CBS News 24/7 Ratify New Contract

The 60-member bargaining unit voted unanimously on the new agreement.

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WGAE’s CBS News 24/7 Union Reaches Tentative Agreement On New Contract

The agreement is for three years.

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CBS News 24/7’s WGAE Members Hold 24-Hour Walkout After No Agreement Reached On New Contract
#News #Politics #CBSNews #CBSNews247 #ElectionLine #WGAE #WritersGuildofAmericaEast

https://deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-news-union-members-walkout-1236757770/

CBS News 24/7’s WGAE Members Hold 24-Hour Walkout After No Agreement Reached On New Contract

The union is staging a walkout after its contract expired last week.

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CBS News 24/7 Unionized Writers Deliver “Strike Pledge” As Negotiations Continue For New Contract
#News #Politics #CBSNews #CBSNews247 #ElectionLine #WGAE #WritersGuildofAmericaEast

https://deadline.com/2026/03/cbs-news-writers-union-strike-pedge-1236749307/

CBS News 24/7 Unionized Writers Deliver “Strike Pledge” As Negotiations Continue For New Contract

WGAE negotiators are meeting with management on Tuesday.

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WGA Plans To Block Potential Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Merger: “A Disaster”

The Writers' Guild of America is condemning the potentially disastrous impacts of a merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.

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WGAE Tells CBS News Members They Won’t Be Disciplined If They Don’t Respond To Bari Weiss’ Query To Staffers
#News #Politics #BariWeiss #CBSNews #ElectionLine #WGAE #WritersGuildofAmericaEast

https://deadline.com/2025/10/wgae-cbs-news-bari-weiss-1236584681/

WGAE Says CBS News Assured Them That Members Won’t Be Disciplined If They Don’t Respond To Bari Weiss’ Query

The guild said the network told them they won't face discipline if they don't respond.

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Tom Fontana Elected President Of WGA East

Tom Fontana is the new president of the Writers Guild of America East, replacing Lisa Takeuchi Cullen.The union revealed its 2025 results on September 18.

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WGAE Members Ratify CBS News Digital Contract

The contract includes minimum salaries and pay raises.

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