Lawrence Joins WGA East As Strategic Organizer

By John Eggerton
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Ursula Lawrence, a field rep and organizer at the Directors Guild of America, has joined the Writers Guild of America, East, as lead strategic organizer, in another move to increase union membership.

WGAE executive director Lowell Peterson hired Justin Molito last fall a head of its organizing efforts.

Lawrence will help try and expand union representation in news, new media, and animation, and other areas.

WGAE added 13 cable shows to the union in 2008., including programs airing on Comedy Central, Disney Channel and ESPN.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.