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[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are the issues that they want resolved? The article never mentions this.

[–] Cl1nk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are demanding increases in base pay and residuals in the streaming TV era plus assurances that their work will not be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI).

This is a document from the WGA strike, demands.

https://cara.app/post/3a9aa2e3-02eb-45bc-a286-10e7f061b77f

Another more detailed article about the SAG possible strike https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/13/hollywood-poised-for-historic-shutdown-after-strike-talks-fail