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A labor union representing writers of motion pictures, television, radio, and internet programming. (PS: we only have the blue check for the character count)
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“Just to see that I’m not the only disabled person making it in this town, I would have never fathomed that, honestly.” - Shea Mirzai. Read the full story:
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The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who stood with us for over 146 days. More details coming after contract language is finalized.
#WGAStrike
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The WGA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. Today, our Negotiating Committee, WGAW Board, and WGAE Council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement. The strike ends at 12:01 am. Check out our deal at .
#WGAStrong
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WGA members have authorized a strike by 97.85%. Writers are ready for a deal from the studios that allows writers to share in the success of the content they create and build a stable life.
#WGAStrong
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The Girl Scouts x WGA Strike collab we didn’t know we needed 😍 Thank you for the support,
@GirlScoutsLA
!
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The decision was made following six weeks of negotiating with
@Netflix
,
@Amazon
,
@Apple
,
@Disney
,
@wbd
,
@NBCUniversal
,
@Paramountplus
and
@Sony
under the umbrella of the AMPTP.
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To our members: The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining on Friday and will meet again on Saturday.
Thank you for the wonderful show of support on the picket lines today! It means so much to us as we continue to work toward a deal that writers deserve.
#WGAStrike
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Though our Negotiating Committee began this process intent on making a fair deal, the studios’ responses have been wholly insufficient given the existential crisis writers are facing.
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We stand behind
@SAGAFTRA
as they begin their strike. The last time our unions struck at the same time, both won landmark provisions on residuals and pension and health funds—this fight is no less transformational.
#SAGAFTRAStrong
#WGAStrong
#1u
A SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming Strike has been ordered effective July 14, at 12:01 a.m. Additional details are forthcoming. The Strike Order can be found here:
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Joint Statement from WGA and AMPTP: The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining Saturday and will meet again on Sunday.
#WGAStrike
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99% of WGA members have voted in favor of ratifying the 2023 MBA. 🧵
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You saw our 97.85% and raised it to 97.91%? Congrats on that member resolve! Worker power is where it’s at.
In a powerful show of solidarity, SAG-AFTRA members have voted 97.91% in favor of a strike authorization ahead of negotiations of the TV/Theatrical Contracts, with nearly 65,000 members casting ballots for a voting percentage of 47.69% of eligible voters.
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The Committee of Black Writers brought joy, passion, and lots of dancing to the line yesterday 🤩
#WGAStrike
#WGAStrong
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Bill Maher’s decision to go back on the air while his Guild is on strike is disappointing. If he goes forward with his plan, he needs to honor more than “the spirit of the strike.”
#WGAstrike
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We will be going live soon with a press conference from SAG-AFTRA Plaza regarding a TV/Theatrical/Streaming strike.
#SAGAFTRAstrong
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The so-called “A through H” duties are specifically defined in the Guild contract as writing services and therefore constitute struck work that Guild members are prohibited from doing during a work stoppage.
#WGAstrong
Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery this week sent out a letter to showrunners employed by the companies’ various studios reminding striking writer-producers that they are still expected to perform their contractually obligated non-writing services
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"Every attempt the AMPTP has made to control the negotiations or the public narrative has backfired."
#WGAstrike
#WGAstrong
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WGA MEMBERS: The WGA and AMPTP are in the process of scheduling a time to get back in the room.
#WGAstrong
#1u
#WGAstrike
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Striking writers joining
@Teamsters
picketers at an
@amazon
delivery hub in Santa Clarita!
#AmazonCrime
#1u
#WGAstrike
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Writers Guild of America will picket the MTV Movie and TV Awards at 5pm PT on Sunday, May 7 at Barker Hanger in Los Angeles
#WGASTRIKE
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WGA President Meredith Stiehm joined on the picket lines at
@paramountplus
by
@sagaftra
President Fran Drescher!
#WGASTRIKE
#1u
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Joint Statement from WGA and AMPTP: The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining today and will meet again tomorrow.
#WGAStrike
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🪧🪧
#WGAstrong
at TV City today!! 🪧🪧
Day 146. After September 23rd: The Best and Final Offer we’re still waiting on a deal. So we’re out here keeping an eye on Dancing With The Stars, a WGA signatory show. I hope there’s a deal before the live premiere, but if not, we’ll be here for it.
#WGAStrong
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"Writers are the backbone of this industry. Nothing gets made without us,"
@BisHilarious
on
@democracynow
#WGASTRIKE
#WGAstrong
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“In a relatively short period of time, David Zaslav has become perhaps the most hated man in Hollywood.”
When your hamfisted attempt to run a studio by shelving movies for tax write-offs and gutting Hollywood’s middle class is going so well that you have to call GQ to kill an article about why everyone hates you.
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"Mini-rooms are abominations, and the refusal of the AMPTP to pay writers to stay with their shows through production — as part of the JOB, for which they need to be paid, not as a tourist — is not only wrong, it is incredibly short sighted,"
@GRRMspeaking
#1u
#WGASTRIKE
I want to say a few words about what I think is THE most important issue in the current writers' strike:
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“I sincerely hope the writers’ strike in Hollywood gets resolved, and the writers are given a fair deal they deserve as soon as possible,”
@POTUS
#1u
#WGAstrong
#WGASTRIKE
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“We need to be clear about what’s happening in the industry: Studios are offloading the financial burden for development onto writers.”
#WGAstrong
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Workers should not be threatened with physical harm when exercising their right to publicly protest and picket against unfair wages and working conditions.
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Netflix's Ted Sarandos and the CEOs of all the other studios appear to have underestimated the power of artistic solidarity, writes Times columnist Mary McNamara.
#wga
#sagaftra
#writersstrike
#actorsstrike
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This excessive sum, paid to just a handful of execs, could pay for Netflix’s annual share of all of WGA’s proposed improvements for writers—twice over. 2/6
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WGA West and East call upon the AMPTP and its member companies to negotiate the fair deal that members of SAG-AFTRA need and deserve.
#SAGAFTRAstrike
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"Seventy-two percent of Americans are more sympathetic to the plight of television and film writers than that of television and film studios amid the strike, according to a
@Gallup
poll released Wednesday."
#WGAstrike
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#SagAftraStrike
Majority of Americans Support Writers, Actors Over Studios in Strikes, Gallup Poll Finds
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🪧🪧 Writers and past contestants showed up at 6am this morning to picket
@Jeopardy
which began filming today with recycled questions 🪧🪧
#WGAstrike
#WGAstrong
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Governor
@GavinNewsom
's veto of
#SB799
is a dismissal of the working people that have supported him. For 148 days, members of the WGA struck against companies who intended to drive writers into financial ruin. 1/2
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"This, to me, feels like the same sort of existential crisis of capitalism that's happening with teachers & support staff at schools, nurses, Starbucks baristas, Target employees, all across the country,”
@nickadamsweb
tells
@inthesetimesmag
#WGAstrike
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The WGA’s proposal to regulate use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies ensures the Companies can’t use AI to undermine writers’ working standards including compensation, residuals, separated rights and credits.
#WGAStrong
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“Writers have had to rely on strike loans from our union, donations, philanthropy, and second and third jobs to pay for their basic needs since May 2. Four months without work is emotionally brutal and financially disastrous,” WGAW President Meredith Stiehm.
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The numbers are in.
"Just 7% sympathize more with the entertainment and media corporations represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)."
#WGAstrike
#1u
#SAGAFTRAstrike
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It’s time for Netflix to pay writers fairly for the valuable content they create.
#WGAstrong
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WGAW strike captain Shelley Meals: "The streamers came into the industry with a very different mindset, right? These aren't studios. No Walt and Roy. These are tech bros. They came in with 'how can we do more for less.'"
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Statement from the officers of WGAW:
We stand with our sisters and brothers of
#IATSE
in their worthy fight for safe working conditions and a fair contract.
In Solidarity,
Meredith Stiehm, President
Michele Mulroney, Vice President
Betsy Thomas, Secretary-Treasurer
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"Well, we've been summoned by our union, first and foremost,"
@brendanhunting
&
@jasonsudeikis
on the picket lines at
@WBD
yesterday
#WGAstrike
#1u
#WGAstrong
Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt are on the writers’ strike picket line outside Warner Bros today.
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If the AMPTP had taken writers' concerns seriously from the start our proposals would've only cost
@wbd
$45M...
#WGAstrike
#WGAstrong
#1u
Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Will Take $300-$500 Million Hit in 2023 Earnings Due to Dual WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes
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Over the past decade, the companies embraced business practices that slashed our compensation and undermined our working conditions. We are asking to restore writer pay & conditions to reflect our value to this industry. The survival of our profession is at stake.
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Instead, this money paid the top Netflix execs who are creating risk for the company and shareholders by not offering writers a fair deal. 3/6
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To clarify:
August 11: Initial counter offer from AMPTP
August 15: WGA offers counterproposal
August 22: AMPTP publicly releases unchanged offer from August 11, ignoring WGA's August 15 counterproposal entirely
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#WGAstrike
#WGAstrong
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Netflix’s board needs to spend less time thinking up ways to pay its executive team more money and instead address the writers' strike that is delaying major shows like
#StrangerThings
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We are committed to the safety of our members and have not ruled out the possibility of legal action
#WGAstrong
Writers Guild, SAG-AFTRA Threaten Legal Action Over Radford Picketing Conditions
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It is rare that these shareholder proposals fail—less than 4% executive compensation shareholder proposals failed in 2022. It’s clear that investors don't believe this management team is worth $160+ million a year. 4/6
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@lacontroller
Say...while you're here, sign the petition being ciruclated by WGA members picketing at
@NBCUniversal
#WGAstrike
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It is difficult to imagine how
@RealTimers
can go forward without a violation of WGA strike rules taking place. WGA will be picketing this show.
#WGAstrike
#WGAstrong
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A day to remember! 5,000+ marched the streets of Los Angeles in support of the
#WGAStrike
. We are so proud ✊
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"Imagine how much money studios could save if they removed but a single Zaslav from their balance sheet."
#WGAstrike
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#SAGAFTRAstrike
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"Human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright," United States District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell
#WGAstrike
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Congrats to
@bettercallsaul
's "Plan and Execution" winning Outstanding Episodic Drama!
#WritersGuildAwards
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🪧🪧 “On strike! Shut it down! LA is a union town!” Marching down Sunset with
@UNITEHERE11
!
#WGAstrike
#1u
#SAGAFTRAstrike
#SoCalHotelStrike
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👀👀👀
#SAGAFTRAstrong
SAG-AFTRA, Studios to Continue Negotiations Through Weekend
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The effect of a yes vote is to authorize the WGA leadership to call for a strike after May 1st if the companies are unwilling to meet our reasonable and fair demands. 2/3
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"Because AI has never held a baby, AI has never fallen in love...you'll end up with something stolen," WGA Negotiating Committee member
@YahlinChang
#WGAstrike
#1u
#SAGAFTRAstrike
For the first time in 63 years, actors and writers are on strike at the same time, demanding better pay and job protection as streaming has upended film and TV production, and artificial intelligence threatens the livelihoods of writers and actors.
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"It’s as if we’ve been forced to accept that this is just how society works: A handful of people hold the power and the money while the rest of us live paycheck to paycheck," Jeanie Bergen in
@TheCut
#WGAstrong
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WGA MEMBERS — find a
#SAGAFTRAstrike
picket near you and let the AMPTP know they must bargain in good faith with
#SagAftraMembers
#WGAstrong
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Her are some photos from around the world as writers everywhere celebrated International Day of Solidarity 🌎
#WGAStrike
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As a WGA member,
@BillMaher
is obligated to follow the strike rules and not perform any writing services. 2/3
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"They cannot officially engage in bartering with the WGA."
There is no official rule preventing the studios from making a fair deal with writers while in negotiations with another union.
It's the studios' choice to let the strike continue.
#WGAstrong
#WritersStrike
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DGA & Studios “Have A Lot Of Ground To Cover” Before Any Possible Deal, As Talks Continue
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.
@paramountplus
just added 4.1 MILLION subscriptions to reach 60 MILLION global subscriptions. But they don't want to pay a penny more in residuals for that global subscriber growth 2/7
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Ahem.
"The WGA appears to have won more than analysts initially believed possible."
#WGAstrong
#WGAstrike
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So about streaming profitability and how hard it is for the studios to stay in business… 1/4
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“The refusal to take writers’ reasonable proposals seriously has caused the
#WGAstrike
to last 100 days and counting; it serves only as a milestone of shame for the AMPTP,” said WGA Negotiating Committee cochairs Chirs Keyser &
@DavidAGoodman
#WGAstrong
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The CEO of General Motors just went on CNN and it went like this:
"You've seen a 34 percent pay increase in your salary.
You make almost 30 million. Why should your workers not get the same type of pay increases that you're getting leading the company?"
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It is shameful that
@Disney
, which has grown its business on unionized labor, is resorting to familiar union-busting tactics.
#1u
#WGASTRIKE
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#SB799
would allow striking workers to access UI benefits after 2 weeks, ensuring CA workers can exercise their fundamental right to strike without losing their homes or facing financial ruin. Learn more: 👊
#WeEarnedIt
#WGAStrike
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Now weeks into our
#WGAstrike
, Unions throughout LA are gearing up for their own contract fights this year. Join us at the first ever
#UnionsStrikeBack
rally in DTLA on May 26 at 4pm. RSVP at
#1u
#WGAstrong
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Thanks, pal
#WGAstrong
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Writers and Actors Are Not Being 'Realistic' With Strikes: 'It's Very Disturbing to Me'
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