Members of the Writers Guild of America have overwhelmingly approved a list of demands the union plans to submit to Hollywood studios later this month.
The union is required to contract to state the objectives for upcoming contract negotiations with the studios. The union said in a message to its members on Tuesday that 98.4 percent voted in favor of the proposed demand. Of the 5,643 members who voted, only 1.6 percent voted no.
The margin of approval and voter participation has increased from the 2020 final, in which 3,336 members voted. At that time, nearly 91% supported the union’s demand form.
This year, the union is asking studios to improve their streaming compensation and remaining payments. The gap between creators and producers in Hollywood over paid streaming has led some to speculate that the writers will take their first strike since 2007.
The claim also included measures to control violations by studios in the use of small rooms. which is a small group of writers used to create the series before it was produced This phenomenon has suppressed writers’ wages. union said
The union will begin talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on March 20, before the contract expires on May 1.
