Picket lines formed outside studios in Los Angeles and New York Tuesday as thousands of writers downed tools in a strike over pay and conditions in the streaming era. ManilaBulletin READ:
Late-night shows fronted by the likes of Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Myers, and Stephen Colbert were expected to be the first casualties as 11,000 union members walked off the job for the first time in 15 years."Writers are working long hours, and I'm not seeing a lot of residuals on recurrent episodes on TV."
This time, the two sides are clashing as writers demand higher pay, minimum guarantees of stable employment and a greater share of profits from the boom in streaming, while studios say they must cut costs due to economic pressures. Late night hosts Colbert and Jimmy Fallon -- both members of the guild -- backed the writers, with Colbert saying their demands were "not unreasonable."
Writers say it is becoming impossible to earn a living, as salaries have flatlined or declined after inflation, even as employers reap profits and fatten executives' paychecks.A major source of disagreement during talks was the growing trend for TV shows to hire fewer writers, for shorter durations, to script series.
Another issue on the table is reworking the formula that calculates how writers are paid for streaming shows, which often remain on platforms like Netflix years after they were written.
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