{"id":397742,"date":"2023-08-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=397742"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Hollywood-strike-matches-100-day-mark-of-last-writers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Hollywood-strike-matches-100-day-mark-of-last-writers-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood strike matches 100-day mark of last writers\u2019 strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP)\u2014TV late-night comedy scribe Greg Iwinski, 38, was still only an aspiring writer when Hollywood writers held their landmark strike in 2007-2008.<\/p>\n

But as he manned the picket lines Wednesday\u2014the day the current strike hit its 100th day, matching the length of the previous one\u2014he was keenly aware of all the history involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a residual check yesterday for a show I worked on, because people went on strike in 1960, before I was even born,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so knowing that we could be doing that for people 60 years from now is incredibly motivating.\u201d<\/p>\n

And yes, said Iwinski, who has written for \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,\u201d \u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver,\u201d and other shows, 100 days is a long time\u2014but he is prepared to strike as long as it takes.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is our 100th day of striking and we\u2019re striking for the same thing we were on Day One, which is a fair contract,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have the same two pages of proposals and the studios have not yet responded to all those proposals … so I guess until that happens, we\u2019ll still be out here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s milestone comes as the U.S. film and television industries remain paralyzed by dual strikes by its actors and screenwriters. There\u2019s no foreseeable end\u2014a negotiating session last week involving Hollywood studios and streamers and the striking writers ended with little progress. Television networks are a month away from starting a new fall season, and broadcasters have already put contingency plans in place for programming that excludes their most popular scripted series.<\/p>\n

Hollywood\u2019s actors began their strike July 14, creating the first dual strike since 1960. Issues at play for both unions include the use of artificial intelligence and residuals related to streaming.<\/p>\n

The Writers Guild of America held special pickets marking the 100th day in both New York and Los Angeles. Outside the Netflix offices on Broadway in Manhattan, the scene had an upbeat feel. A steady stream of protesters\u2014both writers and their actor allies in SAG-AFTRA\u2014danced, pounded on drums and chanted slogans as they marched around the city block.<\/p>\n

Befitting writers, signs were markedly creative: \u201cThis Barbie is striking!!!\u201d \u201cNot Kenough.\u201d \u201cThe only free writing you deserve is this sign.\u201d \u201cWriters make people happy (and sad).\u201d And the simple: \u201cNo wages, no pages.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicole Conlan, a striking comedy writer for \u201cThe Daily Show,\u201d said that despite being on strike since May 2, she\u2019s been so busy organizing on the picket lines that \u201cI woke up today, the 100th day, and it feels like we\u2019ve just started.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to be out of work,\u201d said Conlan, 33, \u201cbut the mood is very high because we still have all this support after 100 days. Compared to previous strikes, it really feels like people understand what we\u2019re doing and people still are really throwing their support behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe things that we\u2019re fighting for apply not just to the industry but to the entire economy,\u201d Conlan said. \u201cIn every industry people can see Wall Street and tech finding a way to make careers into gig jobs\u2014so even though we do a very weird kind of job, writing, it\u2019s easy for the layperson to see our jobs becoming gig jobs, and to see how that applies to their job as a nurse, or as a flight attendant, or as a construction worker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vicki Winters, a standup comic who was picketing alongside the writers, played the drums as her colleagues marched. \u201cCorporate greed has got to go,\u201d said Winters, 66. \u201cThey are taking advantage of the workers of the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild, pretty much every worker that\u2019s at the ground level … while billionaires, millionaires choose a number they pull out of the air, like \u2018I\u2019m going to pay myself $11 million,\u2019 and meanwhile the guy downstairs is going to make $7.25 an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Phoebe Price carries her dog Arnold along with a sign on a picket line outside Netflix studios on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

-Chris Pizzello
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