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WGA Spells Out Vast Differences That Led to Strike

The Writers Guild of America has detailed the vast differences between writers and the studios that led to the first strike in 15 years, which will begin Tuesday. In a lengthy document, the guild s…
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The Writers Guild of America has detailed the vast differences between writers and the studios that led to the first strike in 15 years, which will begin Tuesday.

In a lengthy document, the guild spelled out its proposal for a TV staffing minimum, which would range from six to 12 writers per show, based on the number of episodes. That proposal is a non-starter for the studios, which declined to make a counter-offer.

The guild also wants a guaranteed minimum number of weeks of employment per season, ranging from 10 weeks to 52 weeks. The studios likewise rejected that proposal and did not make a counter-offer.



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In a statement on Tuesday night, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers called those the two “primary sticking points.” But the AMPTP said that it was willing to increase compensation and streaming residuals, and might have gone even farther than its last proposals, were it not for “the magnitude of other proposals still on the table that the Guild continues to insist upon.”

The guild also wants a streaming residual that would factor in the success of shows, but the studios rejected that offer. By the guild’s calculations, its proposals would cost $429 million per year. The guild said the studios’ counter-offers amounted to only $86 million per year.

The guild also wants regulation of artificial intelligence. According to the guild’s document, it is proposing that AI “can’t write or rewrite literary material,” and can’t be “used as source material.” Variety previously reported that the guild’s proposal was that AI material would not be “considered” as either literary or source material. The AMPTP agreed only to study the issue, according to the guild.

The guild is also proposing increases in minimums of 6%, 5% and 5%. The AMPTP is offering only 4%, 3% and 2%, according to the WGA.

The WGA is also seeking to create a new minimum tier for writer-producers. Under the current system, the minimum for everyone above staff writer is $7,412 per week. The guild wants everyone at the level of co-producer and above (producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, etc.) to be have a minimum pay tier that is 25% higher than the tier for story editors and executive story editors. The AMPTP was willing to create a new tier, but with a minimum only 2-7% above the story editor level.

The WGA is also looking for a 25% premium for writers who work in a “pre-greenlight” writers room. The AMPTP was willing to give a 5% premium. The writers’ proposal also called for half of the minimum TV writing staff to be employed all the way through production, which would give writers producing experience. The AMPTP rejected that proposal and did not counter, according to the guild.

The document did spell out a few limited areas of agreement, including increasing the “span cap” from $400,000 per year to $450,000. Writers who earn less than that amount would be guaranteed that their episodic rate would cover no more than 2.4 weeks of work. The AMPTP also tentatively agreed to allow staff writers — the entry level in TV writing — to get script fees, which they do not currently get.

“Here is what all writers know: the companies have broken this business,” the guild leadership told members Monday night. “They have taken so much from the very people, the writers, who have made them wealthy. But what they cannot take from us is each other, our solidarity, our mutual commitment to save ourselves and this profession that we love. We had hoped to do this through reasonable conversation. Now we will do it through struggle. For the sake of our present and our future, we have been given no other choice.”
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100% all this Pakistani gender shit is going into some guy's pocket as a cover for him to kick some of that Bachabazi shit back to America.
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Not that I'm defending AI taking peoples' jobs or anything. But when you're writing shit like "racism causes cancer" and you're wondering why people are cutting their cords, maybe it's time to move onto a different industry.

That's no joke either. Someone came up with that idea and got it produced.

 
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100% all this Pakistani gender shit is going into some guy's pocket as a cover for him to kick some of that Bachabazi shit back to America.

Not that I'm defending AI taking peoples' jobs or anything. But when you're writing shit like "racism causes cancer" and you're wondering why people are cutting their cords, maybe it's time to move onto a different industry.

That's no joke either. Someone came up with that idea and got it produced.

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Unrelated Biden clip. ;)
 
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Lori Lightfoot Demands TX Governor Greg Abbott Stop Sending Illegal I…

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Discussing a letter she sent to the governor, Lightfoot said, “We have not heard anything back. And frankly, I didn’t expect to hear anything back, but I felt like it was important to once again try to engage the governor, but also let him know what his policies and practices are doing in cities like Chicago. We are completely tapped out. We have no more space. No more resources. And frankly, we’re already in a surge. We’ve been seeing over the last two to three weeks, 200 plus people coming to Chicago every single day. We call them walk-ins, because they’re not coming on buses, but they are coming on planes from San Antonio, and we’re very concerned, because they don’t seem like they’re getting screened at the border. We’ve seen people coming with serious medical issues.”
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Greg Abbott on Twitter: "If Chicago Mayor Lightfoot truly wants to "work together to find a real solution" to the border crisis, she must call on President Biden to secure the border. This is not a Texas problem — it's a problem for the entire United

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LOL get fucked, Cthulhu.
 
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Yellen Warns Treasury To Run Out Of Cash As Soon As June 1 Absent Debt Ceiling Deal | ZeroHedge

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In my January 13 letter, I noted that it was unlikely that cash and extraordinary measures would be exhausted before early June. After reviewing recent federal tax receipts, our best estimate is that we will be unable to continue to satisfy all of the government's obligations by early June, and potentially as early as June 1, if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit before that time. This estimate is based on currently available data, as federal receipts and outlays are inherently variable, and the actual date that Treasury exhausts extraordinary measures could be a number of weeks later than these estimates.
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Refusing to pass a debt deal due to autism about "gubbmint spending" would be suicidal for Republicans. The US defaulting on its debts will cause Total World Economy Death, and they would get blamed for it.

Just pass it. This isn't the hill to die on.
 
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Refusing to pass a debt deal due to autism about "gubbmint spending" would be suicidal for Republicans. The US defaulting on its debts will cause Total World Economy Death, and they would get blamed for it.

Just pass it. This isn't the hill to die on.
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Nah burn it all down. Besides Biden's handlers already blame everything and the kitchen sink on Republicans who cares about more of it? And because of Washington's own retarded politicization of everything if the budget doesn't pass Biden will get just as much blame.

Besides it will be funny I think.
 
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Nah burn it all down. Besides Biden's handlers already blame everything and the kitchen sink on Republicans who cares about more of it? And because of Washington's own retarded politicization of everything if the budget doesn't pass Biden will get just as much blame.

Besides it will be funny I think.
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It's not the Regime blaming Republicans that'll be the problem. It'll be the voters. Burning it all down won't Own the Libs. It'll be a self-own that will make fortifying elections utterly unnecessary.

Right now, normies don't care about the debt limit. The economy is already fragile without a default. Don't give the Dems campaign material for the vague short-term benefit of "muh less gubbmint spending".
 
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I am -very- doubtful they will strike this. Not because it shouldn't be, not because it by all means is unconstitutional, not because the judge's makeup should be set to rule against it. No, everything fits perfectly for it to be struck.

I doubt it because if they did it would kill the deep state practically over night.

The entire Uniparty -system- works off of Chevron and being able to argue that because they are not explicitly told they can't then they can. It's how they scratch each other's backs. It is how they all work towards one goal. Chevron is -the- decision that allows them to function. I'd legitimately expect them to assassinate a judge or kidnap their children before they ever ruled against it.
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And in that lies the play, assuming their willing. The powers that be are not what they were. No one is at the wheel, we are rotting from the inside out, and anyone that isn’t severely mentally ill can see it. They only need to call the bluff, though I agree that the justices are too chickenshit.
 
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So about that Democrat Senate thanks to Cocaine Mitch.

President Joe Biden will not negotiate with Republicans on their push to make spending cuts a precondition for extending the US debt ceiling and avoiding a disastrous default, the White House said Tuesday.

“This is not an issue that we will negotiate on,” Press Secretary Karine Jeane-Pierre said.

Biden has offered to meet the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, for crisis talks at the White House next week. However, he is doubling down on a refusal to link Republican spending cut goals to the usually uncontroversial accounting procedure to allow more government borrowing.

Without a debt ceiling extension, the federal government could run out of money and default on debts as early as June 1, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

Jean-Pierre said Biden was willing to discuss “a separate process to address budget” cuts but said the debt ceiling issue should be entirely set aside.

“It is Congress’ constitutional duty to prevent default,” she said. “Given the limited time Congress now has, it is clear that the only practical path to avoid default is for Congress to suspend the debt limit without conditions.”

In addition, Biden views McCarthy’s proposed spending cuts as “unreasonable” and “dangerous,” she said.

Republicans in the House, who have a narrow majority, have passed a proposed bill that would allow extending the debt ceiling in return for steep spending cuts across an array of government programs. It has virtually no chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate.

Typically, US debt authority is renewed with little debate.
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