WGA Says In Labor Day Message That Companies “In Process Of Wrestling Amongst Themselves” For Deal To End Strikes
deadline.comThe Writers Guild released a video on Labor Day Monday, saying that the studios “are in the process of wrestling amongst themselves” for a deal to end the ongoing writers’ strike, which is now in its 126th day. “We are not on strike out of greed, nor do we begrudge the companies their success or deny their struggles.
We must all succeed together,” WGA Negotiating Committee co-chair Chris Keyser says in the video addressing WGA members. “But the changes that the companies have orchestrated in the business have made the profession of writing untenable for us and for everyone who comes after us.
And that hasn’t changed because they waited 102 days to talk to us and taken their time since then. Our feet and backs may ache, but our cause is the same.
Our case is the same.” Keyser then cited all the major strike issues: “The erosion of pay. The abuse of screenwriters. The failure to protect Appendix A writers in the move to streaming.
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