Strike, Post #11
Jul. 14th, 2023 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
usedtobeljsNot since the 1960s have both the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild struck at the same time. That 1960s strike established rules for residuals that have kept wolves from the door for often underemployed, if not outright unemployed, creative artists, but as the markets have changed in terms of streaming and the producers and networks have restructured to pay fewer people and to pay them less, creatives like writers and actors have asked for a fairer pay system for the rank and file as well as acknowledgement of the current streaming modes. (Also, the producers' wish to capture people's images for AI, pay a pittance, and use them in perpetuity is all kinds of wrong.)
This is about fairness, and the producers (and streaming networks) are not paying people's worth. Period. The ramifications of this unfairness if not changed will be an even more unequal distribution of wealth; yeah, the top-line talent will probably be fine, but anyone -- including beloved supporting actors --will not survive, and the training opportunities for writers will vanish.
If one definition of evil is treating humans like machines, then the AMPTP is on the side of evil for real right now.
All of that is just to say, the AMPTP needs to get to the damn negotiating tables for both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and PAY ITS WORKERS.
(Also, yes, this means no promo AT ALL from writers and actors for projects coming up, and if you don't think I'm disappointed that we might not get THiddleston and Zawe out in public talking about their upcoming Marvel projects, well, of course I am. But the strike is more important!!)
I had to say it. Now you can scroll on by. Happy Friday! :)
This is about fairness, and the producers (and streaming networks) are not paying people's worth. Period. The ramifications of this unfairness if not changed will be an even more unequal distribution of wealth; yeah, the top-line talent will probably be fine, but anyone -- including beloved supporting actors --will not survive, and the training opportunities for writers will vanish.
If one definition of evil is treating humans like machines, then the AMPTP is on the side of evil for real right now.
All of that is just to say, the AMPTP needs to get to the damn negotiating tables for both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and PAY ITS WORKERS.
(Also, yes, this means no promo AT ALL from writers and actors for projects coming up, and if you don't think I'm disappointed that we might not get THiddleston and Zawe out in public talking about their upcoming Marvel projects, well, of course I am. But the strike is more important!!)
I had to say it. Now you can scroll on by. Happy Friday! :)
