The screenwriters union is making new efforts to organize those who work in reality TV, an area the Writers Guild of America calls "a sweatshop."
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WGA West President Daniel Petrie Jr. called the drive "the most aggressive organizing effort the guild has undertaken since its founding."
"The secret about reality TV isn't that it's scripted, which it is; the secret is that reality TV is a 21st-century telecommunications industry sweatshop," he told Variety.
A group representing producers says that the WGA has violated an informal agreement to organize reality shows production by production.
