Hollywood Strike – Writers Guild Responds to Studios’ New Proposal: ‘They Want to Destabilize Us’

Hollywood Strike – Writers Guild Responds to Studios’ New Proposal: ‘They Want to Destabilize Us’

The new proposal of the studios did not like the union

Is about to enter the fourth month in a row Hollywood Writers’ Strike continues without a scheduled closure. Now Television and Film Producers Association just released new offer to the Union, but all indications are that the initial demands have not yet been answered.

In the last weeks of the studio and platform streaming tried to get closer Writers Guild of America, implying that the new agreement is on track to resolve the demands that caused the strike. However, a new meeting was held and no agreement was reached.

As reported by the WGA leadership (via Hollywood Reporter), at the beginning of this week there was an invitation to a new meeting. However, upon arrival at the scene, representatives of the Union had to listen to a great speech about how fair and good the studio’s proposal was:

“On Monday of this week, we received an invitation to meet with Bob Iger, Donna Langley, Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav and Carol Lombardini. [O convite] it came with the message that the time to end the strike had passed and the companies were finally ready to negotiate an agreement. We accepted the invitation and met in good faith tonight in the hope that the companies are serious about getting the industry back on track. Instead, on the 113th day of the strike – and as SAG-AFTRA continues to demonstrate with us – we were greeted with a speech about how good their only counteroffer was.”

Among those present at the meeting were Bob Iger (CEO from Disney), Ted Sarandos (CEO from Netflix) This David Zaslav (CEO from Warner Bros./Discovery). There is no word yet on when the stops will end.

The writers’ strike will last four months.

The union even tried to talk to union leaders and members. Manufacturers Associationwhile trying to explain the problems of the counter proposal submitted by the studios. Despite this, there was not even an agreement between the heads of the studio and streams:

“[Nós] we explained to them in every possible way the limitations of their counter offer, the holes in the agreement and the omissions that could not protect the writers from their existential threats, which caused our strike. We say that a strike has a price, and that price is the answer to all, not just some, of the problems they have created in the industry. But this meeting was not set up to close a deal. It was a meeting to corner us, so within twenty minutes of our leaving the meeting, the Producers Association released a list of all their proposals. That was the plan of the company from the very beginning – not to bargain, but to destabilize us. That’s the only strategy they have, betting that we turn against each other.”

September 2, Writers’ strike reach the milestone of four months from its inception. In July SAG-AFTRA (The Screen Actors Guild) joined in the closures, which has stalled Hollywood ever since. Now it remains to be seen how long it will take studios to respond to the demands put forward by these two categories.

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