During the months-long Hollywood strikes, both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA have managed to win the court of public opinion fairly easily.
Tony Gilroy addressed the picket line in a fiery speech earlier today that evoked his Star Wars series,
Job listings geared towards artificial intelligence roles have gone up for film and television studios despite the continued
Since early May, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been striking for better pay and protections against AI (among other conditions).
After 100 days of the writers’ strike, and nearly a month of the actors’ strike, Disney has realized it needs writers and actors to celebrate the company’s 100 years, which were made possible by those very artists.
In a stunning display of not seeing the forest for the trees, yesterday’s Q2 earnings call for Warner Bros. saw the studio remark on the current impact of the ongoing dual strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.
The dual strikes of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA unions have highlighted the need for solidarity across the swaths of workers represented in them—and the necessity of their highest-profile members to support the rights needed by the lowest.
