The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has agreed to end the strike against Hollywood studios, which has paralyzed production in much of the country’s film industry for five months. “(The union) voted to lift the restraining order and end the strike effective (…) Wednesday, September 27. This allows the writers to return to work during the ratification process, but does not affect to the right of the members to make a final decision on the approval of the contract,” the WGA published in a statement.
The vote will occur between October 2 and 9after both the Writers Guild of America Board of the West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America Council of the East (WGAE) agreed to recommend the agreement reached with the studios.
The WGA went on strike on May 2 and the work stoppage reached its 145th day this Saturday, putting it two weeks away from the longest strike in union historywhich lasted 154 days in 1988. For its part, the Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG-AFTRA) joined the strike on July 14 in solidarity with the screenwriters.
Among the main improvements, according to a document published by the WGA itself, are the increase in the salaries of the Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA, the collective agreement that covers benefitsrights and protections for most of the work performed by WGA members) or the increase in contributions for health and pension insurance.
Regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI), it cannot be used to write or rewrite material, and It cannot be used to harm the rights of the writer, that it can use AI with the consent of the company, which in turn cannot force it to be used. Furthermore, the scripts cannot be used to train the different Artificial Intelligence systems.
Source: Lasexta
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