WGA Leader Chris Keyser Says AMPTP Is ‘Wrestling Amongst Themselves’ to End Strikes: ‘This Negotiation Is Different’
variety.comMichaela Zee Chris Keyser, co-chair of the Writers Guild of America negotiating committee, has shared a special message over the Labor Day holiday.
After acknowledging the WGA staff, who have “dedicated their working lives to the cause of writers and writing,” Keyser shared key points of the ongoing writers strike. “We all know the list by heart by now,” he said in the video message. “The erosion of pay.
The abuse of screenwriters. The failure to protect Appendix A writers in the move to streaming. The dismantling of the writing process in episodic television.
The threat of AI. The refusal to provide streaming residuals that grow with viewership. Each of these things is an existential issue for some or all of us.” Keyser then stressed the importance of having all these issues resolved. “Which is why we have said to the companies: writers have and will negotiate the solutions to these problems, but we’re not going to pick and choose amongst them,” he explained.” We’re not going to leave any sector of the Guild behind.” Keyser continued, “These things must be resolved.
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