The Writers Guild of America West and East have received support from big names in Hollywood after they voted to strike earlier this week.
Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav shared his support during a CNBC interview Friday, clarifying that he is"not glad" that the strikes are still going on even if it opened up the door for companies to cut costs. It is the first strike in 15 years and comes after six weeks of failed negotiating.
“Look, we’re a pure storytelling company, and we’ve been fighting to get the greatest creatives to come work at Warner Bros.,” Zaslav said. “In order to create great storytelling, we need great writers, and we need the whole industry to work together, and everybody deserves to be paid fairly. So our number one focus is let’s try and get this resolved. Let’s do it in a way that that the writers feel that they’re valued, which they are, and they’re compensated fairly. And then off we go.
Comedian Jay Leno was seen outside Walt Disney studios handing out donuts to those on strike. Leno performed a similar delivery service when the union last went on strike 15 years ago. Jay Leno just came to Disney to hand out donuts to us writers. Thank you @jayleno for the solidarity!! #WGAStrong pic.twitter.com/4pq8kpWTSkWGA has 11,500 unionized screenwriters, per the Associated Press.
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