WGA strikes for first time in 15 years
The writers and studios did not come to an agreement before the May 1 deadline.
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The writers and studios did not come to an agreement before the May 1 deadline.
The Writers Guild of America went on strike on Tuesday, May 2, after failing to reach negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The WGA writers strike began for the first time in 15 years. This comes as an AI scriptwriting debate wages on.
For the first time since 2007, the WGA has ordered a work stoppage on all film and TV script writing, with pickets beginning this afternoon to protest wage and residual pay level inequalities exacerbated by the rise of streaming platforms.
US screenwriters have downed tools and picked up protest signs in their first strike against studios in 15 years.