Screenwriters in Hollywood had been on strike since May. Now you can start working again. The board of the authors’ union has approved a new contract.
Screenwriters in the US film and television industry ended their months-long strike on Tuesday and will resume work on Wednesday.
The powerful US authors’ union WGA announced on Tuesday (local time) on the short message service X (formerly Twitter) that it had reached an agreement with the industry association AMPTP and that the strike would end at midnight (local time). The union’s board voted unanimously to recommend the agreement, it said.
The union’s 11,500 members would vote between October 2 and October 9 on whether or not to accept the offer. Theoretically, the agreement can still be rejected by the authors – but experts assume it will be ratified.
Strike in Hollywood is considered over
On Sunday, the union announced that there had been an agreement in principle with the studios. “We can say with great pride that this agreement is exceptional – with significant gains and protections for authors across the board,” the letter said.
The industry association AMPTP confirmed the agreement. The announcement followed five days of intense negotiations between the union and the studios.
Thousands of film and television screenwriters went on strike at the beginning of May. They demand better pay, appropriate success fees for writing box office hits and protection against the use of artificial intelligence.
In mid-July, actors in Hollywood also went on strike. According to the Financial Times, the double strike in Hollywood has already caused losses of more than five billion dollars (4.7 billion euros).
Source: Stern
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