What the writers' strike means for workers and productions abroad
Writers abroad have their own unions and their own agreements with studios and networks in their own countries. The, for instance, has a contract with the BBC, ITV, TAC , and the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television . So while the WGGB has issued a statement in solidarity with the WGA, its members are still free to do work under its own jurisdiction.
“I know that my fellow WGGB members will share my message of solidarity to our colleagues overseas, and I know many will also have understandable concerns about the impact on their work here, at a time when the traditional boundaries around genre and jurisdiction fall away, and when writers here face their own challenges,” WGGB chair Lisa Holdsworth said in a statement.
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