As thousands of Hollywood writers strike, the union and writers have warned that studios and streaming companies are trying to turn writers’ livelihoods into “gig work.”
In an interview with MarketWatch this week, Adam Conover, a comedian and writer on the Writers Guild of America’s board and negotiating committee, said the companies are trying to change the structure of writers’ jobs.
For example, he said, companies are going after the norm for television shows, which is that writers are hired for “writers’ rooms” for a number of months and paid a weekly rate during production of a show. During this time, writers are on set, watch production and make adjustments to the script as needed, he said.
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