NEW: Thousands of unionized screenwriters appear headed for the picket line Tuesday after high-stakes negotiations between WGA and a trade association representing Hollywood’s leading studios failed to avert the first major walkout in over 15 years.
Nick Ut / AP fileof unionized screenwriters who say they are not paid fairly for their work appear headed for the picket line Tuesday after high-stakes negotiations between a top guild and a trade association representing Hollywood’s leading studios failed to avert the first major walkout in over 15 years.that the members of board of directors “have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01 AM, Tuesday, May 2.
In some cases, the impact will be clear immediately: Late-night talk shows are expected to go dark this week, for example, and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” could nix this weekend’s episode. In other cases, the producers of scripted drama and comedy series may be forced to cut their seasons short or delay filming altogether.
“The primary sticking points are ‘mandatory staffing,’ and ‘duration of employment’ — Guild proposals that would require a company to staff a show with a certain number of writers for a specified period of time, whether needed or not,” it said.
In an interview with “NBC Nightly News,” Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of Netflix’s animated series “BoJack Horseman,” explained the writers’ demands in stark terms. In a statement released two days before the negotiations failed, the AMPTP said it had been working to “reach a fair and reasonable agreement.”
The AMPTP represents major film studios such as Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros.; the top broadcast television networks, like ABC, CBS and NBC; and the leading streaming services, including Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon.
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