The Screenwriters Guild is joining the Writers’ Strike. This was announced today in the organization itself.
According to Variety, 98 percent of the members of the union, consisting of 160,000 Hollywood artists, voted for the strike. It is scheduled for July 14th.
The decision was made following the failure of contract negotiations between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The dialogue lasted almost two weeks, but the parties did not find a common language.
“This is the union’s choice, not ours. In doing so, they rejected our proposals for a historic increase in wages and residual income, a significant increase in pension and medical contributions, protection from listening, a reduction in the duration of series options, a ground-breaking artificial intelligence proposal that protects the digital likeness of actors, and much more. representative, the Alliance of Film and Television Producers, who described the situation, Gazeta.ru.
The strike has been going on for three months now. This is the second time in history that both unions have gone on strike at the same time, the TC notes. Now the American film and television industry is completely paralyzed, the Militarist telegram channel writes.
