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David Young Exiting As WGA West Exec Director after 18 Years; Strike’s Chief Negotiator Ellen Stutzman Taking Post

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The David Young era is ending at the Writers Guild. The WGA West Board of Directors told members in a letter today that the union’s longtime Executive Director, who has spearheaded multiple bargaining campaigns on behalf of the writers including the 2020 negotiations, is exiting when his contract expires.

Ellen Stutzman, who served as WGAW’s chief negotiator during its 148-day strike this year, has been promoted to the post. Young went on medical leave in February, ahead of the Writers Guild strike, and 18-year WGAW vet Stutzman was tapped to lead contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers.

Known for his bare-knuckle negotiating style, Young joined as the head of the guild’s organizing department in 2004 and was upped to Executive Director the following year.

During a heated phone call in 2020, Young famously told WME partner Rick Rosen that he “should kick his ass” but denied that he ever threatened to “kill” him, as Rosen alleged in a declaration filed in federal court that summer. “I am well aware that labor disputes often trigger strong expressions of feeling and heated rhetoric,” Young said at the time. “As I expect Mr.

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