The guild that represents striking film and television screenwriters says negotiations with major studios and streaming services will resume Friday.
, who are also striking to seek better compensation and protections on the use of artificial intelligence in the industry. It is the first time since 1960 that the two unions have been on strike at the same time.
For the writers, the services' use of small staffs, known as “mini rooms," for shorter time periods has made a living income hard to achieve, the guild has said. It cites the number of writers working at minimum scale — which has jumped from about a third to about a half in the past decade — as proof.
The strike has delayed numerous film and television productions, forced late-night talk shows into reruns and delayed theThere is no indication yet that actors and the studios will return to the negotiating table anytime soon.
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