Last Updated on 09/26/2023 by てんしょく飯
On September 24, a tentative agreement was reached between major U.S. film and television companies and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) after several days of negotiations.
The WGA announced the agreement on the evening of September 24.
The union’s strike, which has halted film and television production in Hollywood, is now expected to come to an end.
In an e-mail sent to union members on September 24, the WGA announced that it had won the deal thanks to a strike that lasted 146 days.
The agreement, which still needs to be approved by union members, marks a significant turning point in a strike that lasted nearly five months. The strike was approaching its longest ever, 154 days in 1988.
We can proudly say that this is a great agreement. It comes with meaningful benefits and protections for our members, screenwriters of all stripes,” explained the WGA. It said the strike would continue until union members give their approval, and that the union may allow its members to return to work as early as September 26.
In Hollywood, the National Screen Actors Guild, which has about 160,000 members, is also continuing its strike.
With TV networks’ revenues falling and distribution services losing money, screenwriters complained that they could no longer make a living under the current economic climate and the TV and film industry’s payment structure.
They were also increasingly concerned about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and sought assurances that film and television scripts would be written by humans rather than machines.
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