Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Vice President, Writers Guild of America East | Len DiCosimo, Executive Secretary, North Shore AFL-CIO

It’s day 2 of the “Best of 2023” coverage on America’s Work Force Union Podcast. Today’s highlighted interview featured then-vice president, now president, of the Writers Guild of America East, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. She spoke about the WGA strike, which was then in its third month. Takeuchi Cullen explained her journey into the industry and how she found herself as a scriptwriter by accident. Finally, she discussed what a fair, modern contract win involving artificial intelligence would look like and the impact it could have on the entertainment industry.

The Executive Secretary of the North Shore AFL-CIO and president of the American Federation of Musicians Local 4 in Cleveland, Len DiCosimo, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to recap the year for Local 4, the new standard set by the contract with the Cleveland Orchestra and Ohio AFL-CIO’s regional labor federations efforts to get a new redistricting proposal on the ballot in 2024.