YOUNG IS NAMED CHIEF OF WRITERS GUILD, WEST NEW LEADER SAYS HE'LL FIGHT FOR SCRIBES' JUST COMPENSATION IN ALL MEDIA.Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Staff Writer David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Young was appointed executive director of the Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and , west, after nearly a yearlong search, the guild announced Thursday. Young is a known entity to the WGA WGA Windows Genuine Advantage (Microsoft) WGA Writers Guild of America (union for screenwriters) WGA Wise Giving Alliance (Better Business Bureau) WGA wheat germ agglutinin since he had already occupied the job on an interim basis for the past 10 months. ``For nearly a year now, I've seen David in action across the globe, advocating on behalf of writers and, in every case, he has hit the mark,'' WGAw President Patric M. Verrone said in a statement. Verrone said the search committee considered an ``outstanding field'' of candidates who represented a broad spectrum of labor union labor union: see union, labor. experience. ``But the more we saw David in action with our members, with the companies, and with our sister unions, the more obvious it became that our best choice was the one we had already made,'' he said. Young described himself as ``honored by the vote of confidence'' from the WGA board to continue to lead the charge in ramping up the guild's aggressive efforts on such fronts as reality TV, animation and multimedia platforms such as mobisodes, webisodes and digital downloads  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. . ``As the industry grapples with cutting-edge technologies that revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the entertainment landscape, it's a truly exciting time to represent writers, as landmark deals are being made each day that will serve as precedents for years to come,'' Young said. ``Beyond raising their profile within the community and public at large, I look forward to continuing our fight so that writers will receive their fair share, whether that means proper credit, compensation and other benefits due content creators See content provider. , no matter what the medium.'' Prior to his interim WGAw appointment last fall, Young had worked as the guild's top organizer. Prior to joining the WGAw, he was assistant director of organization at the Laborers' California Organizing Fund since 1999 and had served as director of organizing for the South California-Nevada Regional Council of Carpenters. Young's appointment is still subject to approval by WGAw membership at its annual membership meeting on Sept. 18. greg.hernandez@dailynews.com (818)713-3758 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: DAVID J. YOUNG |
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