Comcast want “to destroy” the Writers Guild of America, say WGAW board members Chip Johannessen and Patric M. Verrone.
Johannessen (pictured right) and Verrone, in a statement posted on the Guild’s website Sunday, said that the writers working for the new owners of NBC Universal need the support of the WGA in their effort to join the union.
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On Dec. 14, writers for E!, Style and G4 voted to join the WGA but Comcast dismissed the action, calling the results an “invalid poll.”