At midnight, the Writers Guild of America officially went on strike, after Hollywood's studios failed to meet their requests for fair wages and equitable treatment.
The Writer’s Guild of America began a nationwide strike today. The decision comes after several weeks of discussion with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, in which studios and producers refused to negotiate some of the WGA’s proposals for improving writers’ work conditions.
Last March, the WGA sat down with the AMPTP for several weeks to renegotiate the contract between the two syndicates. Since the previous WGA-AMPTP contract expired on May 1, the writers' alliance decided to open discussions that could lead to better pay and, especially, improved working conditions for a class of workers that helps turn the Hollywood wheels.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While these demands sound reasonable, the AMPTP refused to acknowledge the WGA’s needs and didn’t even offer a counterproposal for many of the points discussed between the two syndicates until last week. For instance, it doesn’t seem like Hollywood producers are willing to implement workflow changes that’ll prevent screenwriters from working for free, which still happens.
For the public in general, the writers' strike means upcoming movie and TV releases might be delayed or utterly canceled. As Deadline reports, several late-night shows will also be immediately shut down. That means there’ll be less content available as time goes by, and the longer the AMPTP takes to negotiate the WGA’s terms, the more Hollywood will need time to heal and set every production in motion once again.
Stay tuned for updates as strikers take to the picket lines this week. Check out the WGA's informative video about the strike authorization, and their collection of "My Union, My Story" videos.
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