the writers can return to work

Back to work. The leaders of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the powerful screenwriters’ union, approved on Tuesday September 26 the recent salary agreement concluded with the studios and recorded the return to activity of their members on Wednesday, after a strike which lasted almost five months and paralyzed the Hollywood film industry. The union’s board of directors “voted unanimously to recommend the agreement” salary, he said on the social network

The agreement can theoretically still be rejected by the 11,500 screenwriters represented by the WGA in the United States – it must be the subject of a vote which will take place “between October 2 and 9” according to the union. But most industry experts believe that the ratification of this agreement, which includes “significant gains” in terms of remuneration as well as protections to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, should be a formality.

Actors still on strike

While waiting for the process to be completed, Hollywood screenwriters will therefore be able to resume work on Wednesday. A number of American series and films, stuck in the early stages of writing, will thus be restarted. Late-night talk shows, hosted by hosts who need scripts, are also expected to return to the air sometime next month.

But even after the final ratification of the screenwriters, Hollywood will still be far from a return to normal, since the actors, represented by the SAG-Aftra union, are still on strike. A resolution to this social conflict, which has been going on since mid-July, could take several more weeks. Because some of SAG-Aftra’s demands go further than those of the WGA.