Huge support for striking writers…
The Board of Directors of the @WGAwest and the Council of the @WGAeast, acting upon the authority granted to them by their memberships, have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01 AM, Tuesday, May 2.
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Streaming has bulldozed the traditional Hollywood writer’s system, allowing studios to get away with under-paying and under-employing writers… signing them to smaller contracts, for less time, no raises to account for inflation, no residual income, keeping writers at minimum deals for decades with no advancement… basically turning what could have been a sustainable career into a gig economy where writers are competing harder for less and less freelance scraps. All the while studios post record profits year over year. GO WRITERS!!

May 2, 2023 · 4:59 AM UTC

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The world is changing. This is a dead end career. AI is going to disrupt many apple carts. The monopoly of many will simply vanish.
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I feel like these been a lot of content out lately but very little quality. It makes sense given how writers have been getting paid lately. I long for a time where people are adequately compensated for their creative work.
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Streaming has turned what could have been a sustainable career into a gig economy where writers are competing harder for less and less freelance scraps. All the while studios post record profits year over year.
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Same in the music industry. The average pay per stream is a pathetic $0.004!
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Jizzus fucking cristo. You are a goddamn lunatic
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You're right! So don't pledge support in reforming a party that cannot and will not be reformed. #DemExit
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