In response to the protests, the Writers Guild of America East tweeted: “The WGA is thankful to all the B.U. graduates for chanting ‘Pay your writers’ at Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav while he delivered the BU2023 commencement address.”
Twitter contentWhile delivering a speech to 2023 graduates and receiving an honorary degree, Zaslav paused at various points over the course of his 20-minute remarks, according todue to interruptions from a crowd yelling “We don’t want you here,” “Pay your writers,” and “Shut up, Zaslav.” Before he could even utter a word, anwith the message “David Zaslav – Pay Your Writers” could be seen flying above the picket and commencement.
In response to the protests, the Writers Guild of America East tweeted: “The WGA is thankful to all the B.U. graduates for chanting ‘Pay your writers’ at Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav while he delivered the #BU2023 commencement address.”retweeted the guild’s message, adding, “If Warner Bros Discovery can afford to pay its CEO David Zaslav $286 million in compensation over the past 2 years, it can afford to pay its writers much better wages and benefits. Mr.
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