WGA Slams Studios’ Latest Offer & Meeting As Attempt To Make Guild “Cave”; “Not To Bargain, But To Jam Us”

No surprises here

“Just hours after the studios and streamers made public their latest “comprehensive package” toward a deal with the striking WGA, the guild has responded – and it seems the AMPTP and top CEOs might have overplayed their hand strategically. ”

#WGA #WGAStrike #Writers #Screenwriters

https://deadline.com/2023/08/wga-strike-guild-regjects-latest-studio-offers-rips-ceos-1235525784/

Feeling super lucky to be where I am right now with dangerous smoke and fires all around me. AQI here is moderate (74) for most but if you’re super sensitive it’s best to stay in and run filters. And maybe watch programs. Lots of love to all the remarkable #screenwriters, they play a critical role in helping us focus on something besides our immediate circumstances. #WildFireSmoke #WestSeattle #PNW #AppleWeather #AQI

"#Netflix Co-Chief Executive Officer #TedSarandos has emerged as a strong force and #WaltDisney Co CEO #BobIger, in recent weeks, has joined him in seeking to reach a deal with the writers, the report added." #WGAStrike

#Hollywood Studios Offer New Concessions to Striking #Screenwriters - Bloomberg News
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-08-14/hollywood-studios-make-new-offer-to-striking-screenwriters-bloomberg-news

#Actors are butthurt. Technology have replaced wholesale industries. Have you heard of chimney sweeps?

#laborunions #SAGAFTRA #AI #hollywood #movieindustry #AEA #theatre #screenwriters #oscars #WhitePrivilage

If I support the #actors and #screenwriters #strike in the US, would it be good idea to pause my streaming subscriptions.

#StrikeSolidarity

Quick question for #writers and #screenwriters: having finished my latest draft and been through several layers of beta readers previously, at what point do I declare it 'finished'? Do I submit myself to the whims of betas yet again or do I decide to start trying to do something with it?

@Simonlaurencedoyle Also, on a PC screen, if you use 'Enable advanced web interface', you can pin #screenwriters to your screen

@Simonlaurencedoyle Have you tried #screenwriter or #screenwriters?

A warming planet has changed our everyday reality, so why are #Hollywood #screenwriters ignoring it?

“The media we consume isn’t just entertainment. It shapes the way we think about the world, and the way we think about what’s possible.”

#ClimateCrisis https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/06/hollywood-scripts-climate-change-plot-screenwriting/

At Amazon and Apple in #Toronto!
"Hey hey, ho ho
Mini rooms have got to go"
#WGC in solidarity with #WGAstrike
#IStandWithTheWGA
#screenwriters

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ctd-M5AsC8P/?igshid=ZjUwM2YwMzA3MA== #EdvinRyding standing by #screenwriters #WGA #wgastrike #youngroyals

Since May 2nd, members of the Writers Guild in the US have been on strike, fighting for the future of film and television against increasingly greedy streaming networks and corporate giants. The WGA is fighting for fairness, and today, affiliated entities around the world, including the New Zealand Writers Guild, are standing in solidarity.

It used to be you could work on a show all year on a 22 episode season, and get paid residuals every time an episode aired. These days you're lucky to get more than 6 episodes of anything, and the success of a show on a streaming platform does not translate into any additional payments to the writers. You need two or three jobs a year to maintain even a vaguely steady income. That puts up a huge financial barrier to entry, making it impossible for new and deserving voices to get a toehold in this industry.

It doesn't look like the strike will be going anywhere soon. I hope that the studios who pay their CEOs hundreds of millions of dollars a year realise that failing to invest in the next generation of writers is ultimately just cutting off their nose to spite their face.

#ScreenwritersEverywhere #WGAStrike #NZWGsupportsWGA #screenwriters #tv #television #film #movies #writing #WGA

What Would It Look Like If Screenwriters Embrace AI? It's Complicated [ATX] - /Film https://www.slashfilm.com/1306162/what-would-look-like-screenwriters-embrace-ai/ #AI #screenwriters

Any Mastodonian #screenwriters heading to the #ATXfest in Austin next week? It'll be interesting to see what it'll be like with the ongoing #WGAstrike... Anyway, I'll be there.

David Zaslav, Head Of Warner Brothers / Discovery Is Getting An Honorary Degree At Boston University - A plane towed this message circling the ceremony

“David Zaslav - Pay Your Writers”

#WGA #WGAStrike #Writers #Screenwriters #screenplay

David Zaslav, Head Of Warner Brothers / Discovery Is Getting An Honorary Degree At Boston University - A plane towed this message circling the ceremony

“David Zaslav - Pay Your Writers”

#WGA #WGAStrike #Writers #Screenwriters #screenplay

Since all of us #screenwriters have stopped writing for TV and film during the #WGAstrike, I feel like now’s a good time to remind you that my latest #book Pretty Sure You’re Fine is NOT available on any streaming service, but rather at most reputable bookstores… and a few disreputable ones.

Hit up Radford today and picketed with my writer-friend, Jason Kaleko! That’s him flexing his #WGAstrong!! 😂 #wgastrike #wga #tvwriters #screenwriters #writing #writingcommunity

Too tired to make a joke that links the writers’ strike (“screen writers”) with global accessibility awareness day (“screen readers”). Maybe tomorrow. #screenwriters #screenreaders #gaad #wgastrong

#Hollywood #Screenwriters #TV #Unions #Movies #Film: "The entire Hollywood workforce, from grips to carpenters, costumers to plumbers, teamsters to medics, is unionized. That includes writers and actors (I’m a member of IATSE Local 839, AKA The Animation Guild). I live in Burbank, the entertainment industry’s company town (fun fact! The “Hollywood” studios are largely over the city line, in Burbank). Walk down Burbank Boulevard, Magnolia Boulevard, or any of the other major roads, and you’ll pass many union halls.

Burbank is a prosperous place. That’s thanks, in part, to the studios, whose entertainment products are very profitable. But working in a profitable industry is not, in and of itself, a guarantee that you will get a share of those profits. Some of the most profitable industries in the world — e-commerce, fast food, logistics — have the lowest paid workforces.

Burbank is prosperous because the unions made sure that everyone — the grips, the costumers, the animators, the actors, the writers, the teamsters and the pipefitters — gets a decent wage, decent health care and a decent retirement. My pal the set-dresser who worked crazy hours shlepping furniture around sitcom sets for decades? All that work did bad stuff to his joints, which meant that he needed a hip replacement in his forties — which was 100% covered, including his sick leave while he recovered. He was able to take early retirement in his late fifties, with a solid pension, with his health in excellent shape and many years of happiness with his partner stretching before him.

That’s what unions get you: a good job that might be hard at times, and the costs of your work are borne by the employer who profits from your labor. As Nolan writes, the point of unions is to “make sure that people! Are! Not! Disposable!”"

https://doctorow.medium.com/hollywood-is-the-single-best-example-of-mature-labor-power-in-america-2f691e6bad08