Hollywood's writers are on strike.
After six weeks of negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the Writers Guild of AmericaAssociation of writers in motion picture, broadcast, cable and new media. http://www.wga.org - which represents approximately 11,500 people who write the Hollywood shows and movies we watch in theaters and at home - announced that its membership would walk off the job starting at 12:01am PT on May 2.
"Though we negotiated intent on making a fair deal - and though your strike vote gave us the leverage to make some gains - the studios' responses to our proposals have been wholly insufficient, given the existential crisis writers are facing," the negotiating committee wrote to membership in a letter. "The companies' behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to further devaluing the profession of writing."
