The Waltz Disney Studios campus in Burbank, California is not the happiest place on Earth

right now.

For the last several weeks, hundreds of protesters have been marching back and forth in front

of the studio gates here, waving signs and shouting their demands.

These protesters are members and supporters of the biggest writers and actors unions

in the US.

The WGA, that's the writers' guild of America, and SAG-AFTRA, the screen actors' guild

and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

It's a bit of a mouthful for a union, I think you really need a short name.

Right, I'll propose that, buddy.

Both of these unions walked out of talks recently with the Alliance of Motion Picture

and Television Producers, that's the organisation that represents studios like Disney and Netflix,

and they walked out over contracts regarding pay, conditions, and use of the writers and

actors' images.

The writers have been punding the pavement here since May 2, the actors joined them a

couple of weeks ago.

The strikers have quite a few demands, covering everything from the size of writing teams

to the threat posed by artificial intelligence.

But one item keeps coming up again and again.

Residuals, we're definitely talking about that.

Think about residuals.

Residual income.

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