Hollywood Strike | Writers vote to approve contract deal that ended strike as actors negotiate
The Hindu
Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly five months, while actors remain in negotiations to find a way out of their own strike
Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly five months, while actors remain in negotiations to find a way out of their own strike.
The Writers Guild of America announced Monday that 99% of the 8,525 members who cast ballots voted to ratify the deal.
The agreement was widely touted as a win by leaders, and widely praised by members, with major gains in payment, size of show staff and control of artificial intelligence in scripts. The result of the vote taken over the past week was never really in doubt.
“Together we were able to accomplish what many said was impossible only six months ago," Meredith Stiehm, president of the WGA-East, said in a statement.
Meanwhile, nearly three months after their strike began, leaders of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists were back in contract negotiations with studios on Monday, a week after talks restarted.
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Unlike the marathon night-and-weekend sessions that brought an end to the writers’ strike, the actors and their employers are moving more methodically in their talks, and it was not clear how much progress was being made.