03 October 2008
WGA WEST FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST TYLER PERRY
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WGA WEST FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST TYLER PERRY
The Writers Guild of America West has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Tyler Perry's production company after four writers working on the TBS sitcom House of Payne were fired after seeking union representation. The writers were also working on the development of another comedy based on the characters in Perry's movie Meet the Browns. The WGA said that it plans to picket Perry's Atlanta studios when they open this weekend. An attorney representing Perry told the New York Times that the union negotiation was not the cause of the writers' dismissal but rather "the quality of their work." House of Payne attracts 3-4 million viewers weekly, a huge number for a cable TV series.
03/10/2008
