Ryan Martinez, formerly a staff writer on Netflix’s Manifest and a graduate of the Warner Bros Television Writers’ Workshop, is a Harvard grad, a lieutenant in the U.S. naval reserves, …
“If you’re in the WGA, please vote yes on a strike authorization,” writes Kirk Rudell, whose many writing and producing credits include“No one wants to go on strike, but those of us who have been doing this a while have a hundred reasons why we may need to.”I’m voting YES,” wrote veteran comedy writer Susan Hurwitz Arneson. “Here’s a simple reason why. Prod budgets are up. Company profits are up. Writer pay’s DOWN. No movie or TV show exists if a writer doesn’t create something from nothing.
In another tweet she wrote: “15 years in the biz & I was paid minimum to run a pre-green light room for a streamer. My income hasn’t increased as I’ve gained experience & added responsibilities. It’s decreased. This is happening to writers at every level. It needs to stop.” “It’s important to remember that the writers are asking for <2% of these studios PROFITS,” writes Aaron Vaccaro, who was a staff writer on. “They’ve saved more than that not having to pay for the Tendergreens lunches for writers’ rooms during the Zoom room era.”, says she’s voting “Yes” because “This fight is also for pre-WGA members. At the rate we’re going, you won’t have a place to become the future screenwriters you want to be. You won’t be able to afford it.
The companies, she wrote, “will only say yes to our demands when they understand the cost of saying no. Their current offer is basically what we already receive, will not address key issues. If conditions continue, a writing career will not be tenable for majority of middle-class writers.”, wrote that “Every day until April 11 I will post a reason why I’m voting YES on the WGA Strike Authorization Vote. Reason #1: Mini rooms where upper-level writers cost the same as a Story Editor.
All of this comes as the WGA agreed to hold negotiations this week amid a previously planned two-week break. Talks are expected to ramp up in the two weeks starting April 17 ahead of the expiration of the contract May 1.
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