{"id":8335,"date":"2023-09-27T09:28:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/hollywood-writers-guild-ends-strike-after-5-months\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T09:28:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:28:11","slug":"hollywood-writers-guild-ends-strike-after-5-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/hollywood-writers-guild-ends-strike-after-5-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Writers Guild ends strike after 5 months"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hollywood\u2019s writers\u2019 union said its members could return to work on Wednesday while they decide whether to approve a three-year deal that provides pay raises and some protections around the use of artificial intelligence among other gains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Writers Guild of America (WGA) leadership voted unanimously to end the strike on Wednesday, the guild said in a statement. The 11,500 members have until October 9 to cast their votes on the proposed contract.<\/p>\n

The WGA said the estimated value of the deal was $233 million per year.<\/p>\n

Film and television writers walked off the job in May after failing to reach a deal with major studios, including Netflix, Walt Disney and Warner Bros Discovery.<\/p>\n

Writers appeared to have won concessions across the board, with raises over the three years of the contract, increased health and pension contributions, and AI safeguards.<\/p>\n

Under the agreement, the studios agreed to meet at least twice a year with the guild to discuss plans to use AI in film development and production.<\/p>\n

The studios are not expressly prohibited from using AI to generate content. Writers, however, have the right to sue if their work is used to train AI.<\/p>\n

Writers can choose to use AI when drafting scripts, but a company cannot require the use of the software. The studios also must disclose to a writer if any materials were generated by AI.<\/p>\n

In other areas, the guild said it won guarantees of minimum staffing in writers\u2019 rooms, a key issue for many of its members. Staffing will be determined by the number of episodes per season. Minimum pay rates will climb by more than 12% over three years.<\/p>\n

Also, residuals will rise for the use of TV shows and movies outside of the United States and a bonus will be awarded for the most popular shows on streaming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are essential protections that the companies told us, to our faces, that they would NEVER give us,\u201d writer Adam Conover, a member of the guild\u2019s negotiating committee, posted on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut because of our solidarity, because they literally cannot make a dollar without us, they bent, then broke, and gave us what we deserve. WE WON,\u201d Conover said.<\/p>\n

Television writer David Slack said: \u201cOur strike was necessary. Our strike was effective. Our strike is a victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The strike\u2019s end means daytime and late-night talk shows can return to the air. Bill Maher, host of HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time,\u201d said on social media that he would be back with fresh episodes starting Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy writers and Real Time are back!\u201d Maher wrote.<\/p>\n

Maher and Drew Barrymore had angered writers by saying this month that their talk shows would return before the strike ended.<\/p>\n

The end of the WGA strike does not return Hollywood to normal. The SAG-AFTRA actors union walked off the job in July and remains on strike.<\/p>\n

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