The striking unions have pledged to continue its work stoppage until it reaches a fair deal.
“Despite the heat and all that, I think we’re just as committed and motivated as we ever were,” explained Tawal Panyacosit, a WGA member and another co-founder and co-chair of TTIE. The solidarity from SAG-AFTRA has validated WGA members and reinvigorated the strike, he said.
Like the WGA, SAG-AFTRA is united around issues arising from the explosion of streaming in the last decade. Streaming has upended the television industry, but compensation structures have not adapted apace. Before streaming, writers were employed for longer periods, with larger teams that penned longer seasons.
As a result, TV writing and acting has, for many entertainment workers, become “not livable,” in Blanco’s words. Actors have taken to social media to draw attention to this issue. Actress Kimiko Glenn posted aone of Netflix’s first mega-hits, posting one check she received for a long list of episodes, totaling some $27.
featured some presence of racial, ethnic, gender, or sexual orientation diversity. And many of these shows have been massive hits.47% of BIPOC writers
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