The screenwriters’ union deplores the failure of negotiations with the main studios and platforms, which related to an increase in their remuneration.
Thousands of American television and film screenwriters will go on strike, their union announced on Monday after the failure of negotiations with the main studios and platforms, which related to an increase in their remuneration.
Many programs affected
Board members of the powerful writers’ union, Writers Guild of America (WGA) “acting under the authority bestowed on them by their members, voted unanimously in favor of a call for the strike” which will take effect after midnight (9 a.m. French time), tweeted the WGA.
This action would result in the immediate hiatus of hit shows, such as late-night shows, and significantly delay TV series and movies slated for release this year.
The last major social movement in Hollywood dates back to the scriptwriters’ strike which paralyzed the American audiovisual sector in 2007-2008. A 100-day conflict that had cost the sector two billion dollars.
