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WGA Strike: One Year Later, Writers Face a Different Sort of Crisis
On the anniversary of the start of the WGA strike, writers who are working get higher minimums, but the industry as a whole is contracting.
“There’s less things being made,'” said Justin Halpern, a WGA board member and co-showrunner of ABC’s “Abbott Elementary.” “If you have been able to secure employment as a writer during this time of contraction, you are making a living wage. “That’s exciting,” said Sierra Ornelas, co-creator of the Peacock comedy series “Rutherford Falls.” “It was always hard to watch staff writers, who worked the hardest of anyone, not get paid for their episodes.” Some other impacts are already being felt, such as a provision granting full pension and health contributions to each member of a writing team, and a guaranteed rewrite for film writers who make less than double the guild minimum.
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