WGA Chief Resigns Over Eligibility Dispute
May 12th, 2004
Victoria Riskin, president of the Writers Guild of America's Western branch, stepped down and was replaced by union Vice President Charles Holland, who will serve the remainder of Riskin's two-year term, which runs through 2005. Riskin resigned Tuesday after an investigator determined she was ineligible to hold office because her guild membership had lapsed.
Stanford law professor William B. Gould IV, hired by the guild to review the matter, had reported to the union's board Monday that Riskin did not do enough paid writing work to maintain her membership when she was elected to a second term in September. The investigation began after a complaint was filed by guild member Ronald Parker, a supporter of Eric Hughes, the candidate Riskin defeated in the election.
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