It’s been more than a month now since the thousands-strong membership of the Writers Guild of America has taken to the streets in support of fair pay and treatment for TV and film writers.
The list of negotiation points the group is fighting for includes better streaming residuals, an end to financially unsustainable mini-rooms, and concrete limitations on the usage of artificial intelligence tools in scriptwriting. It’s that final point that has perhaps made the most headlines during the course of the ongoing strike, as the WGA seems to be one of the first major unions in America attempting to curb the rising A.I.
takeover that seems to be a threat to real human jobs.Today in Austin, WGA leaders spoke at Atx TV Festival for a panel called “WGA on Strike.” /Film’s Ryan Scott was in attendance as former WGA East President and “House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon…
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