‘General Hospital’ To Be Written By ‘Scab Writers’ Amid Ongoing SAG-AFTRA Strike
etcanada.comThe ongoing writers’ strike has hit “General Hospital”, forcing the soap to hire temporary ‘scab writers’ to keep production going.
News of the ‘scab writers’ picked up steam when a “GH” writer, Shannon Peace, shared the information on her Instagram. “Daytime writers face a unique conflict during strikes,” she began in the caption. “We hate to see our characters and storylines handed over to ‘writers’ who cross the picket line.
But we’re also keenly aware that stopping production could spell the demise of soap operas.” READ MORE: Snoop Dogg Cancels Hollywood Bowl Concerts So He Can ‘Stand In Solidarity’ With Striking Writers & Actors Soap writers face a dilemma, as they don’t want to see their work taken over by strike-crossing writers, but stopping production could jeopardize the future of soap operas, per Deadline.
The strike has been ongoing due to conflicts between the WGA and producers, but soap operas initially continued production due to a separate agreement with the actors’ union. READ MORE: ‘When Calls The Heart’ Receives SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement Soap writers, most WGA members, relied on financial core (fi-core) writers and other personnel to maintain scripts.
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