“The WGA has informed us that this modification (of the interim permits) will help them execute their strike strategy and we believe that it does not undermine the usefulness and effectiveness of ours,” read the statement issued through the official website of the WGA. guild.
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The SAG-AFTRA assured that the interim permits had emerged as one of the alternatives to “protect the interests of their community and that of other unions”, and that these licenses have been granted only to independent producers who have agreed to all the demands of the labor union.
Screenwriters demonstrate on the 100th day of the strike in front of the Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix headquarters in New York.
Neither the WGA nor SAG-AFTRA have been able to reach an agreement with the AMPTP after the writers They broke off the dialogue with the alliance on May 1 and the actors had a similar fate on July 13.
On August 11, the American newspaper Los Angeles Times made public that he WGA had received a new contract proposal from the PTAMP that he had progress on his offer, but that it was still far away for the conciliation of both parties.
A double walkout hasn’t been seen in Hollywood since the 1960s.
In addition, the stoppage recently pushed the organizers of the Emmy Awards to postpone their ceremony to January 15, 2024hoping that, by then, the conflict between the interpreters and scriptwriters with the AMPTP will find its end.
Both the SAG-AFTRA and the WGA seek improvements in the salaries of their members -especially with regard to the remuneration for the distribution of their content on streaming platforms- and that the uses of artificial intelligence be regulated. , among other issues.
