Joe Biden calls for ‘fair’ deal for screenwriters

Joe Biden”hope“that the screenwriters on strike in Hollywood will be offered an agreement quickly”fair“, he said at the White House, Monday, May 8. “I sincerely hope that the writers’ strike in Hollywood will be resolved and that the writers will be offered the fair deal they deserve as soon as possible.“, he said before a screening in honor of the Asian community in the United States. The 80-year-old Democrat, candidate for a second term, had so far not expressed himself on this social conflict, he who never misses an opportunity to support union demands.

Biggest social movement since 2008

Thousands of American television and film screenwriters began a strike action on May 2 due to the failure of negotiations with the main studios and platforms relating in particular to an increase in their remuneration. They are also demanding minimum guarantees to benefit from stable employment and a greater share of the profits generated by the rise of streaming.

This social movement has an immediate impact on certain television programs, and in the longer term on series and films scheduled for release this year. The last major social movement in Hollywood dates back to the scriptwriters’ strike which paralyzed the American audiovisual industry in 2007-2008. The 100-day conflict had cost the industry two billion dollars.