Hollywood Writer's Strike Reaches Tentative End: Priyanka Chopra Writes "Bravo!!!"
The nearly five-month-old strike between screenwriters, studios and streaming companies has come to an end on Sunday as they reached to a tentative agreement on three-year contract. As Hollywood is excited over this announcement, many celebrities including Priyanka Chopra shared their joy on their social media platforms and applauded the efforts of people behind it.
On her Instagram post, Ms. Chopra wrote: “Bravo!!! This is the result of a committed, unified stance. Hope that this positive momentum can drive closure on the SAG AFRA discussions too.”
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On Sunday, September 24, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiating committee in an email to its members, wrote: “We can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional – with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership,” Variety reports. The WGA is a labour union representing film, television, radio, and online media writers.
The writers strike began on May, put forward the demands of increased pay, certain number of writers per show, and protection against Artificial Intelligence (AI). Though in 2007-08 a strike was held over three months, the current one constitutes the longest strike that affected Hollywood in history. In over 146 days, the 11,500 members of the WGA remained united.
The strike put a halt to America”s top shows, including Billions, The Handmaid”s Tale, The Stranger Things, Severance, Hacks, Yellowjackets, The Last of Us, and Abbott Elementary. The several daytime shows such as The Drew Barrymore Show” and “The Talk, and late-night talk shows like “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” were also affected.
Similarly, actors have begun strike on mid-July and it still carries on. They are represented by SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), performers” union and it consists 160,000 members.
