![]() The AMPTP rejected this proposal and did not offer a counterproposal. Īnother important proposal that the WGA is advocating for is to ensure each member of a writing team receives their own pension and their own health care funds. One disputed issue is the Guild wanting requirements for "mandatory staffing" and "duration of employment" terms to be added to their contract, which would require all shows to be staffed with a minimum number of writers for a minimum amount of time, "whether needed or not" per the AMPTP. The WGA estimated that its proposals would yield writers about $429 million a year, whereas the AMPTP's offer would yield $86 million. This pattern held true with other shows in the two categories. ![]() The writers who worked for The Problem were not covered by the MBA and therefore had to negotiate individually with the streaming company for their pay, and as a result, they were paid less than writers who wrote for The Late Show while doing the same amount of work. This was very clear when comparing late-night talk shows that were produced for broadcast television, such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert by CBS versus The Problem with Jon Stewart produced for streaming by Apple TV+. In television, the Minimum Basic Agreement only applied to those who wrote for broadcast television shows and not for streaming television. The Minimum Basic Agreement was an agreement that established a minimum wage for television and film writers. On May 2, 2020, the latest Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA) became the collective bargaining agreement that covered most of the work done by WGA writers. Writers also wanted artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT to be used only as a tool that can help with research or facilitate script ideas and not as a tool to replace them. ![]() One of the main focus points in the labor dispute is the residuals from streaming media the WGA claims that AMPTP's share of such residuals has cut much of the writers' average incomes compared to a decade ago. Issues in the strike Ī picketer in Universal City, California carries a sign deriding film studios proposals to replace writers with generative AI. The strike is the largest interruption to American television and film production since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as well as the largest labor stoppage the WGA has performed since the 2007–08 strike. The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike is an ongoing labor dispute between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) - representing 11,500 screenwriters - and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Harlan County War 1931–39 ( Battle of Evarts).Colorado Coal Strike 1927-28 ( Columbine Mine massacre).UMW General Coal Strike 1922 ( Herrin Massacre).West Virginia coal wars 1912-21 ( Battle of Matewan, Battle of Blair Mountain).Colorado Coalfield War 1913-14 ( Ludlow Massacre, The 10-Day War).Illinois coal wars 1898-1900 ( Battle of Virden, Pana massacre, Carterville Mine Riot).
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