On the party circuit during Emmy weekend, one topic inevitably found its way into every conversation, the possibility of a writers strike. Even back in September, the consensus was that there likel…
2007-08 WGA strike: Eva Longoria speaks with members of the media while Wanda Sykes and Julia Louis-Dreyfus hold picket signs and listen as Hollywood writers picket outside the set of"Desperate Housewives."On the party circuit during Emmy weekend, one topic inevitably found its way into every conversation, the possibility of a writers strike. Even back in September, the consensus was that there likely will be a strike.
“I think that there is a high probability that there’s going to be significant pressure applied to head towards a strike,” one industry veteran said. “I think that the leadership of the DGA right now is much more aware that the negotiating power that the Writers Guild has, that they need the Writers Guild to push forward the issues that are important for their members, like residuals, because they’re the same issues that the Writers Guild has. People are just not making as much money as they used to,” an industry source told Deadline in early November.
The prospect of a writers strike had been on studio and network executives’ radar for months but has not been top of mind; they are expected to start focusing on the potential strife after the start of the year. There is not much that can be done in terms of preparation besides some stockpiling of scripts.
The issues surrounding mini-rooms include low pay, span protection . Another point of contention is writers bouncing from one mini-room to another without a chance to accumulate the production experience that is crucial to becoming a successful showrunner. The current model has greenlight decisions and filming coming weeks or even months after the mini-room has wrapped — and that’s extra time for which the studios and streamers are not willing to pay writers.
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