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      The Writers Strike Takes on the 'Gig Economy'

      Hollywood writers are only the latest workers to join thousands of nurses, baristas, teachers, railroad workers, and others standing up to their bosses.

      Farrah Hassen
      May 18, 2023

      Every television series or film begins and ends with writers. They pen the iconic lines that actors deliver, like “Just one more thing,” “There’s no crying in baseball!,” and “Rosebud.”

      Good stories, like good lines, can last for generations. But for the writers who create them, just making it to the next paycheck has become a struggle.

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