After 146 days, the Hollywood writers strike might finally be over! The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have shaken hands on a tentative deal after five days of intense negotiations.
Quick flashback to May when over 11,000 TV and film writers walked off the job because they couldn’t agree on a new contract with the AMPTP, which includes big shots like Netflix, Amazon, Disney, and more.
Variety reports the union is pretty thrilled about this deal, calling it exceptional and full of benefits for writers. But before we pop the champagne, there’s still some paperwork to shuffle. Once they’ve finalized the agreement, there’ll be more voting, but let’s not get into that right now.
The union’s beef with the companies? They think the companies created a gig economy within a union workforce, devaluing the writing profession. From not guaranteeing steady TV gigs to introducing a “day rate” for comedy variety and stonewalling on free work for screenwriters and AI for all writers, they’re not thrilled.
So, fingers crossed this deal sticks and we won’t see any more picket lines anytime soon!
