Did Hollywood Just Avoid A Writer's Strike?

THE WRITERS STRIKE HAS BEEN AVERTED.
THEY FINALLY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT, AND THE ñ
I'M GOING TO RESTART.
I'M ALMOST DONE.
A WRITERS STRIKE WAS AVERTED BETWEEN THE WRITERS GUILD OF
AMERICA, AND THE AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS
ASSOCIATION, AND THIS IS THE STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE
WRITERS GUILD WEST, SAYING: "TO BEGIN EVERY THING WE WANTED?
NO.
EVERYTHING WE DESERVE?
CERTAINLY NOT.
BUT BECAUSE WE HAD A NEAR IT ñ
NEAR UNANIMOUS BACKING OF YOU AND YOUR FELLOW WRITERS WE
WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A DEAL THAT WILL NET THIS GUILD MEMBERS
$130 MILLION MORE OVER THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT.
YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF WHY DO I CARE?
THE INDUSTRY HAS ñ STRUCTURE HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, BUT
THE PAY SCALE HAS NOT.
YOU ARE WATCHING US OVER THE INTERNET, A LOT OF
TELEVISION IS OVER THE INTERNET NOW.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE LIKE OF A SEASON IS NOW MUCH
SHORTER THAN IT USED TO BE, AND WHILE THAT IS AWESOME AND
HAS LED TO SOME REALLY GREAT TELEVISION, THE WRITERS
FELT LIKE THEY WERE GETTING LEFT BEHIND.
HERE'S SOME OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT WERE AT STAKE:
HEALTHCARE, STAFFING EXQUISITE HE, RESIDUALS, FAMILY
LEAVE, HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY LEAVE GO TOGETHER, AND THEN
ALSO STREAMING.
ELIZABETH WARREN STEPPED IN AND MADE A STATEMENT, SAYING
THAT SHE STANDS WITH THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA FOR FEAR ñ
FOR FAIR PAY AND DECENT HEALTHCARE, BECAUSE IT'S
THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND "BECAUSE BRUCE AND I CAN'T
WAIT FOR THE NEXT SEASON OF BALLERS TO START."
THAT'S GREAT, AND THE WRITERS GUILD ASSOCIATION ACTUALLY TO BE
DELIVERED THE SUCCESS THEY HAD IN REACHING THIS DEAL WITH
SOCIAL MEDIA, SO WE CAN LAUGH AT THIS THING FROM ELIZABETH
WARREN, BUT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
BUT ALSO, PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT THE TV THAT THEY ARE WATCHING,
AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE NEXT SEASON, AND IN 2007
WHEN THERE WAS THAT WRITERS STRIKE AND THEY TOOK 100
DAYS OFF, THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY TOOK A HUGE HUGE HIT, SO IT
IS ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY REACH A DEAL AND
WE SUPPORT THEM WITH THIS.
THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING THAT UNREASONABLE.
AS UNSTABLE AS TELEVISION IS, IT'S STILL HIGHLY
PROFITABLE, AND THERE IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY THERE THAT
PERHAPS WASN'T GOING TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
BACK IN 2008, 2009,
DURING THE WRITERS STRIKE, WE DID THIS VIDEO WHERE A LOT
OF MOVIES WERE TERRIBLE BECAUSE OF THE WRITERS STRIKE.
AND WHEN WE HAVE LIKE, ORAL HISTORIES OF ACTORS, WE HAD HUGH
JACKMAN AND RYAN REYNOLDS SAYING, TALKING ABOUT X-MEN
ORIGINS MOVIE WAS TERRIBLE, AND THE SCOPE WITH A THINGS LIKE,
WOLVERINE WALKS IN AND SAYS SOMETHING FUNNY.
STAR TREK WAS GOOD, BUT THEY WERE OPERATING ON SUCH
RESTRICTIONS.
THE WRITERS WERE ALSO PRODUCERS, BUT TRUE TO THEIR UNION THEY
COULD NOT DO ANYTHING PRODUCER-Y.
SO YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN THAT MOVIE JUST
STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE, AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE A LINE
LOOKING TO THE WRITERS, AND THEY JUST COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
THEY WOULD SEE A BAD DECISION GET MADE AND WOULD JUST
STAND THERE.
TRYING NOT TO VIOLATE ANYTHING.
ALSO, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.
QUANTUM OF SOLACE, EVERYONE'S LEAST FAVORITE BOND MOVIE.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE TIMES, AND
THE UPTICK IN REALITY TELEVISION, DIGITAL MEDIA,
STREAMING PLATFORMS, SO THAT THEY CAN STAY AHEAD OF THE
CURB AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE TREATING THEIR WRITERS FAIRLY.
THIS IS THE EMAIL THAT CAME OUT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION,
SAYING, "SHORT SEASONS IN TELEVISION, 2.4 WEEKS FOR EACH
EPISODIC FEE, THEY HAD BEEN TAKING LONGER TO PRODUCE
EPISODIC AND THE WRITERS WEREN'T GETTING PAID.
SO A LOT OF THE MONEY THEY ASKED FOR THEY GOT $130 MILLION.
WE DO NEED TO RESPECT THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY MORE.
I THINK IT GETS UNDERVALUED A LOT.
ALL FORMS OF CREATIVITY JUST GETS THROWN OUT AND
DISRESPECTED, AND IT IS IMPORTANT AND IT DOES
MATTER AND IT DOES SUPPORT
A MASSIVE INDUSTRY.

Did Hollywood Just Avoid A Writer's Strike?

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