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A historic number of Hollywood TV and movie script writers say they support a strike if recent contract demands aren’t met. Now, a walkout could be imminent.
The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are at an impasse. Writers say they want better compensation and protections. Their existing contract expires Monday. If the two groups don’t come to an agreement, writers could halt work. It would mark the first writers’ strike in 15 years and experts say the stakes are higher than ever.The Writer’s Guild of America represents more than 20,000 TV and film writers. The group was formed in 1921 and its members work on TV shows, movies,The WGA is negotiating contract terms with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — the group that represents about 350 different TV and film companies.
The WGA says that even though streaming services initially created more jobs, studios have kept costs down and wages low, despite increasing inflation. Streaming shows also typically have shorter seasons with longer breaks than their network counterparts, meaning less pay for a job., the median screenwriter pay is the same today as it was in 2018. After factoring for inflation, that’s equivalent to a 14% wage decrease.
As far as how AI factors in, the WGA wants contractual safeguards that protect against the use of AI to take work — and, in turn, payment — from writers.
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