Live From the WGA Picket Line–Why It Matters to You
The Writer’s Guild of America went on strike on May 2, 2023. The strike is more than just writers putting down their pens and picking up their picket signs, to fight for their rights. This strike also symbolizes “the beginning of a bigger conversation about morality and labor practices” throughout corporate America.
In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine, GG Hawkins, and Jason Hellerman discuss:
Recent interactions with union members out on the picket lines
Phil Rosenthal’s history with the WGA
What screenwriting is now compared to what it used to be
How detrimental the mini-rooms are
Studios using loopholes to get out of paying rates they already agreed to
Hollywood CEOs making millions every year while others are getting laid off
Feeling encouraged by the solidarity between all the unions in the industry
Not submitting to the Sundance labs in order to support WGA
- How the WGA strike is impacting more than just the television and film industry
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This episode of The No Film School Podcast was produced by GG Hawkins.
