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      Writers participates at a demonstration in front of the Fox studio in Los Angeles, California, 05 November 2007.

      'No Other Choice': TV & Film Writers Strike to Fight Hollywood Greed

      "The companies have broken this business. They have taken so much from the very people, the writers, who have made them wealthy."

      Jon Queally
      May 02, 2023

      Unionized film and television writers are on strike Tuesday after a midnight deadline came without a deal with executives of the major producers and streaming giants in Hollywood.

      The negotiating committee representing both the East and West Coast branches of the Writers Guild of America said in a statement that the strike would be in effect as of 12:01 am and that members—who voted last month to authorize a strike if one became necessary—would be on the picket line beginning Tuesday afternoon in both Los Angeles and New York.

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