Write Or Dies
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The Writer’s Guild of America, the union representing thousands of film and TV writers, has called for a strike against Hollywood studios, after both sides failed to reach an agreement on a new contract. It’s the first major work stoppage to hit the entertainment industry since the 100-day strike of 2007-2008.
And in headlines: JPMorgan Chase will acquire First Republic Bank, Montana State Representative Zooey Zephyr sued over her removal from the House floor, and pilots with American Airlines have voted to authorize a strike mandate.
Show Notes:
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, May 2nd. I'm Erin Ryan. |
| 0:09.1 | And I'm Trayville Anderson and this is What A Day, where if Jared Leto and Doja Cat |
| 0:14.5 | at the Met Gala are any indicator anthropomorphic cats are in again. |
| 0:19.5 | Yes, it is a great year for pussy. |
| 0:23.1 | On today's show, the US could run out of cash to pay its bills sooner than expected. |
| 0:35.9 | Plus, we have some inappropriate iceberg news from Eastern Canada. |
| 0:39.7 | Oh yes, very inappropriate. Stay tuned. |
| 0:42.7 | But first, let's get into the strike that could grind Hollywood to a screeching halt. |
| 0:48.6 | The writers Guild of America or WGA failed to reach a deal with the alliance of motion |
| 0:53.8 | pictures and television producers last night. |
| 0:56.8 | And so, as of 12 1 a.m. Pacific Standard Time this morning, it's pencils down in Tinseltown. |
| 1:03.2 | Erin, can you please help me understand what in the world is going on? |
| 1:08.0 | I will try. So I need to add a disclaimer first. I am a member of the WGA East and I write |
| 1:13.0 | in TV. But I'm speaking now as a crooked media host and not as representative of the |
| 1:18.0 | Guild leadership or the negotiating committee, neither of which I'm directly involved with. |
| 1:23.2 | So with that out of the way, let's get into the nuts and bolts of what's going on. |
| 1:27.6 | Thank you for that disclaimer. I feel appropriately disclaimed. |
| 1:32.0 | Okay, so virtually all writers who create content for film and TV are members of the |
| 1:37.5 | writers Guild of America and the writers Guild negotiates on behalf of writers when it |
| 1:41.0 | comes to things like weekly minimum pay, health insurance, residuals, contracts, etc. etc. |
| 1:46.9 | The WGA contract with the AMPTP is renegotiated every three years. When things aren't going |
| 1:53.5 | well during those negotiations, the WGA holds a strike authorization vote, which they |
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