It’s deja vu all over again for Patric Verrone, the former WGA West president who led the guild during the 2007-08 writers strike.
Verrone, who spoke to Variety while picketing outside Fox Studios in West Los Angeles, sees a number of parallels to the dynamic that led to the work stoppage in November 2007 but also a number of important differences. He is a member of the negotiating committee that has been wrangling this latest three-year contract with executives at the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
“I would say the chief similarity is that in 2007, and in 2023, the management didn’t believe us,