The Writers Panel

Strike Talk with John Rogers

May 9, 2023

39:22

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Episode notes

Introduction

5min

The Importance of Unions in the Writing Industry

3min

The Guild and Negotiations

5min

The Importance of AI Working Groups

3min

The Guild's Proposal and Response Sheet

4min

The Role of Wall Street in Negotiations

3min

The Argument That Writers Are Being Unfair

4min

The Slow Crumbling of Late Stage Capitalism

4min

The Existential Fight for the Writers Guild

3min

10.

How to Support a WGA Writer's Strike

2min

11.

The Unfairness of the Guild

2min

12.

The Guild's Negotiation Committee

5min

13.

The Diversity of the Board

3min

14.

The Guild's Strike Authorization Vote

4min

15.

The Impact of the Disruption Model on Negotiations

3min

16.

The Argument That Writers Are Being Unfair

4min

17.

The Slow Crumbling of Late Stage Capitalism

4min

18.

The Existential Fight for Writers

3min

19.

How to Support a Pre WGA Writer

2min

20.

The Guild's Unreasonable Promises

2min

21.

The Strike Line: A Socialist's Perspective

2min

The WGA is on strike. In today's episode, WGA Board Member and showrunner/creator John Rogers (Leverage; The Librarians) talks about why, what's at stake, how negotiations broke down, and how long this might last.

Plus: new WGA member and former Teamster Danielle Nicki has some heartfelt words of encouragement.

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