WGA strike
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SAG-AFTRA Picketers Start Feeling Pinch on Their Personal Finances: ‘I Started Waitressing Again’
“My only income was from acting,” one picketer tells TheWrap
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Hollywood Unions Have Built Unprecedented Power, Entertainment Lawyer Says: ‘Really Is a Time for Labor’
TheGrill 2023: Loeb & Loeb’s Ivy Kagan Bierman says the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are part “of a movement that’s happening worldwide”
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Actors Reflect on the Camaraderie, Lessons Learned and ‘Quantum Leaps’ Made During Hot Labor Summer
“This is a seminal moment, not just in the industry, but in all of our lives and history of the world,” actor and poet S.A. Griffin tells TheWrap
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Some WGA Members Who Picketed Can’t Vote on Deal Due to Guild Earnings Requirement
Writers have expressed frustration over the limits on who in the union can participate
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WGA’s Chris Keyser and David Goodman: Why Studios ‘Can’t Use Old Tactics Anymore’
Top negotiators for the writers guild believe the studios’ interests “are no longer sufficiently aligned to allow them to easily negotiate together”
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5 Days to End the Strike: When Writers and Studios (Finally) Hit a Contract Breakthrough
Months of standoff were broken once Hollywood’s CEOs presented the counteroffer WGA was looking for
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Disney Entertainment TV to Reinstate Suspended Overall Deals After WGA Strike Ends | Exclusive
Warner Bros. TV, Universal Studios, CBS and Paramount TV are also set to resume creatives’ contracts that were put on ice during the work stoppage
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Adam Conover Remembers When WGA Negotiations Kicked Into Gear: ‘F–king Finally, They Get It’
The “Adam Ruins Everything” writer and negotiating committee member tells TheWrap he “never had any doubt we were going to do it”
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AI Is Transforming Media Before Our Eyes – and Accelerating Cable’s Demise | PRO Insight
Netflix, Apple and Amazon’s tech DNA give them the early advantage among streamers
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What Hollywood Writers Got: Key Deal Points From the WGA Agreement With the AMPTP
After more than 140 days of strike, the guild got writers requirements for staffing, bonuses for hit streaming titles and protections on AI
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WGA Says Writers Can Return to Work, Approves New Labor Contract for Release
Guild members will be able to vote on the contract from Oct. 2-9
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Actors ‘Thrilled’ About WGA Deal but Hope Studios Offer SAG-AFTRA What It ‘Needs and Deserves’ (Video)
“Quite frankly, it would just be easy if they’d just go ahead and sign the deal we left on the table,” actor and negotiating committee member Kevin E. West tells TheWrap
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With the WGA Deal Done, How Fast Can SAG-AFTRA Talks Resume?
The actors’ union will need time to review the writers’ deal, which could influence its own contract talks
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WGA Health Plan Extends Coverage for Some Members Through 2023
Writers at risk of losing their coverage on Oct. 1 due to lost work from the strike will receive three more months of benefits
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Will Premiere on Tuesday as Scheduled
The Season 32 debut was put in doubt after actor Matt Walsh stepped away due to the WGA strike
