WGA Board Member Raphael Bob-Waksberg Says Strike “Not A Guaranteed Outcome” Of Ongoing Contract Talks But Urges Members To Recall Gains Made In Past Showdowns
deadline.comThe Writers Guild of America doesn’t want to strike, but it will if it has to. That’s the thrust of the guild’s latest video featuring WGA West board member and BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg discussing the history of gains the guild has made by standing firm at the bargaining table – and by going on strike if all else fails. “I want to be very clear,” he says in the video posted the WGA website Tuesday. “A strike is not a guaranteed outcome for this year’s negotiation.
And we do not want one. What we want is to be paid fairly for creating a product that earns massive profits for the companies.
And we want protections that allow us to build a stable career and a stable life.” The studios, he said, “would love to paint us as irrational for wanting these most basic of things.
They would love for us to forget the gains we make when we stand up together, and to instead fret over what standing up might cost us.
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