L.A. City Council Passes Resolution Supporting The WGA's Strike Against AMPTP

TV & Film

Jul 2

Writers Strike picket — Image Source: Vanity Fair

As the WGA writer’s strike enters its third month, more communities have risen to support them. This past Friday, the Los Angeles city council passed a resolution in support of the Writer’s Guild. The council expressed its support with this statement, “The entertainment industry has long been considered the backbone of the region’s economy, and the WGA represents tens of thousands of Angelenos. But the changing business model of the entertainment industry toward streaming services has left many underpaid and overworked. Now, writers are facing the largest assault on compensation and working conditions that they have seen in a generation, with other sectors of the industry like actors and stagehands also struggling to make ends meet.”

Council member Hugo Soto-Martinez, a representative for much of the Hollywood industry, including the Netflix and Paramount studios, accused the corporations of playing games with the industry and denying their workers a fair living wage. Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky, a representative for Fox and CBS studios, praised the resolution, “This resolution is a proud declaration of solidarity with working families across Los Angeles. WGA writers, like all workers, deserve to be paid what they are worth, and they deserve dignity in their work. It’s past time the studios recognize that, come back to the table, and end this strike now.” The city council joins the ranks of the actors union SAG-AFTRA and the writer’s guilds from Ukraine and Great Britain in supporting the Writer’s Guild of America.

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