{"id":143552,"date":"2023-09-27T01:46:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=143552"},"modified":"2023-09-27T01:46:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:46:57","slug":"writers-strike-officially-ends-wga-leadership-votes-to-end-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/celebrities\/writers-strike-officially-ends-wga-leadership-votes-to-end-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers' Strike Officially Ends, WGA Leadership Votes to End Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The long-running writers’ strike is officially coming to an end, as the union’s leaders sign off on the tentative deal struck Sunday with Hollywood studios … almost 5 months after the stalemate began.<\/p>\n
WGA leadership voted Tuesday to end the strike, approving the new 3-year deal with the AMPTP … and it will be effective just after midnight.<\/p>\n
The breakthrough means striking writers can start working on Hollywood productions as early as Wednesday … even though the ratification vote is not until next week when it’s expected to pass.<\/p>\n
Bill Maher<\/strong>, who was going to bring his talk show back without writers before reversing course after the tentative deal, says his writers are coming back ASAP and he will have a new episode of his HBO show Friday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As we reported, the strike began<\/strong> back on May 2 … stretching all summer long with writers on the West and East Coasts fighting for fair wages and residuals, a crackdown on use of AI by the studios, transparency from streaming companies and other important issues.<\/p>\n The WGA and AMPTP went back to the table recently for a number of days until a tentative deal was struck<\/strong> over the weekend — with producers finally meeting writers on most of the guild’s demands.<\/p>\n As for the new contract … a lot of the nitty gritty comes down to pay increases, limits on AI and more guaranteed jobs in writer rooms, just to name a few.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Just because writers can pick up their pencils again, doesn’t mean Hollywood productions are back up and running like normal … the actors in SAG-AFTRA are still striking for a fair deal of their own.<\/p>\n The roughly 65,000 actors joined the writers<\/strong> in July, fighting for many of the same issues the writers were facing. We’ve seen loads of celebs<\/strong> on the picket lines since pushing pause on some of your favorite shows and movies.<\/p>\n Now, those projects can be developed once again … but Hollywood won’t fully reopen until SAG-AFTRA hammers out an agreement with the studios.<\/p>\n