HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- The union representing thousands of Hollywood writers of film, television and other entertainment forms have been hitting the picket lines in the first writer's strike in 15 years. The strike led by members of the Writers Guild of America has shut down many parts of Hollywood and has been impacting businesses across Southern California. In ABC7's "WGA Strike Impact" special, we spoke with experts and took an in-depth look at what the economic pressure means for all of us. In the video above, you'll hear from Cynthia...

Hollywood went on shut down this week when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) enacted an industry-wide strike on both coasts after negotiations failed with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Breitbart News attended the second day of picketing this week to hear from the writers on exactly what they hoped to achieve by striking and what they fear most if the major studios do not meet their demands. While fears of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and unfair wages were chief among their concerns, the writers had an...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- On the third day of the Hollywood writers strike, the studios went on the offensive, publicly outlining for the first time a response to issues raised by picketing union members. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers released a statement refuting some financial claims made by the Writers Guild of America and claiming that it has made a very generous offer. The alliance says the package includes the largest first-year pay increase in 25 years. And it says writers' demands for minimum staffing levels and...

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood studios and streamers are pushing back on claims by the Writers Guild of America that its strike was triggered by paltry counteroffers or an unwillingness to negotiate key terms. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said that it offered a $97 million annual increase in minimum wages. A proposed 4% increase in the first year of the contract was the highest in 25 years, according to a document the alliance released on Thursday. As writers wrap their third day of picketing productions and studios,...

Members of The Writers Guild of America picket outside Warner Bros. Studios on Tuesday in Burbank. Hollywood studios and streamers are pushing back on claims by the Writers Guild of America that its strike was triggered by paltry counteroffers or an unwillingness to negotiate key terms. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said that it offered a $97-million annual increase in minimum wages. A proposed 4% increase in the first year of the contract was the highest in 25 years, according to a document the alliance released on...

In 2021, comedy writer Eliza Skinner won a Daytime Emmy for the lines she crafted for Aubrey Plaza at the Independent Spirit Awards. Seductive job opportunities did not follow. Like many other TV writers, Skinner struggled to find work during the pandemic. Fortunately, periodically throughout the coming months, she’d find a green envelope in her mailbox containing a check. They were cuts from the reuse of The Late Late Show With James Corden episodes she’d written jokes for between 2015 and 2017. Some checks were in the thousands. Some barely...

Last time there was a Hollywood writers’ strike, in 2007, the resulting halt in filmmaking activity depleted the savings of Pam and Jim Elyea’s prop house History for Hire, so much so that they had to defer a dream of owning their own warehouse. Years later, COVID-19 brought another formidable challenge for their North Hollywood business, which has supplied props including period-appropriate luggage for “Titanic” and cameras for Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.” Now history is repeating itself with a new writers’ strike that began on Tuesday, which is causing a...

Roughly 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike on Tuesday, saying that studios had "created a gig economy inside a union workforce." The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents major studios such as Walt Disney Co. and Netflix Inc., said writing movies or TV shows in Hollywood "has almost nothing in common with standard 'gig' jobs." Most TV writers, the group said, are employed on a weekly or episodic basis, with a guarantee of a specified number of weeks or episodes....

The organization that represents major Hollywood studios issued its first detailed response on Thursday to a series of issues raised by the Writers Guild of America in its three-day-old strike. In a four-page document, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers pushed back on the guild’s claim that the studios are seeking to force writers into a “gig economy.” The AMPTP argued that writers enjoy fringe benefits and guaranteed employment terms that have “almost nothing in common” with standard gig jobs. The AMPTP also rejected the need for a...