Keyser then cited all the major strike issues: “The erosion of pay. The abuse of screenwriters. The failure to protect Appendix A writers in the move to streaming. The dismantling of the writing process in episodic television. The threat of AI. The refusal to provide streaming residuals that grow with viewership. Each of these things is an existential issue for some or all of us.
“Which is why we have said to the companies: writers have and will negotiate the solutions to these problems, but we’re not going to pick and choose amongst them. We’re not going to leave any sector of the Guild behind. These things must be resolved. And not with contract language that has a one-to-one ratio of promises to loopholes. Truly resolved.