The Hollywood writers' strike marked 100 days on Wednesday with contract talks stalled and people on the picket lines protesting what they describe as a disregard for their demands.
Workers and supporters of the Writers Guild of America protest outside Universal Studios Hollywood after union negotiators called a strike for film and television writers, in the Universal City area of Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/
Writers also sought to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, which they fear could replace their creative input. Actors represented by the Screen Actors Guild went on strike on July 14 also over pay and artificial intelligence, effectively halting production of scripted television shows and films and impacting businesses throughout the entertainment world's orbit. It is the first time both unions have gone on strike since 1960.
Prestwich said studio executives are supposed to be writers' creative partners, as they have in the past.The three-month-long strike has occasionally taken on the rhetoric of class warfare, with writers assailing the media executives' compensation. As with past writers' strikes, this job action responds to Hollywood capitalizing on a new form of distribution - and writers seek to participate in the newfound revenue.
"I did a 100 days in ’07 and this is decidedly different," said writer Ian Deitchman on the picket line.
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