The show’s actors, however, are not crossing the picket line.
, saying, “Starting next week, the show will be penned exclusively by scab writers which is heartbreaking.”
According to Peace, the show has run through all the scripts that were written before the strike began and has now employed non-union writers in order to keep the show on the air. Typically, people who cross picket lines to perform struck work are met with derision, but Peace acknowledged that the current situation is unique for soap operas.
“We hate to see our characters and storylines handed over to ‘writers’ who cross the picket line,” she wrote on her Instagram. “But we’re also keenly aware that stopping production could spell the demise of soap operas.” Actors on soaps are also in a unique position as they are a part of SAG-AFTRA but work under a different contract called the National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting or Netcode. The Netcode contract governs unscripted reality shows, game shows, news shows, and non-primetime programs like soap operas and
— meaning actors under Netcode contracts are permitted to keep working on Netcode-affiliated projects and aren’t crossing picket lines to do so.
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