Simply hours after the expiration of a midnight deadline to achieve an settlement with main Hollywood studios on a brand new contract, 1000’s of putting members of the Writers Guild of America set down their pens, stepped away from their laptops and took their combat to the streets on Tuesday.
Forming picket strains exterior greater than a dozen studios and manufacturing services in Los Angeles and New York, together with the headquarters of Netflix and Amazon Studios, writers hoisted placards and chanted in unison to demand what they regard as truthful compensation and improved working circumstances in an business that has been upended by streaming.
WGA members picket Tuesday across the Bronson Sundown Studios lot the place Netflix leases house for manufacturing and workplaces.
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WGA members picket in entrance of Amazon Studios in Culver Metropolis.
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Actor Gregory Pekar joins a picket line exterior CBS Tv Metropolis within the Fairfax district.
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Writers in entrance of Sony Photos.
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WGA members acknowledge vehicles that honk to indicate help.
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Kyra Jones joins the picket line in entrance of Paramount Studios.
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A picket line exterior of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.
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As can be anticipated, writers’ indicators received inventive.
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WGA Board Member Ashley Gable waves at vehicles.
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Staff picket at Disney Studios in Burbank.
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WGA members flip of their indicators in entrance of Paramount Studios on the finish of the primary day of the strike.
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