2023 WGA strike

[The Real Nostalgia Critic]

I'm guessing most of these anti-strike people only got their knowledge from the strike episode of South Park in 2008 and nothing else.

I can't speak as a TV or movie writer myself. But as somebody who works for a corporate grocery store, I understand the frustrations they're having. They are people like me trying to pay for housing, food, and whatever things in life we need to survive. And these writers get paid a lot less than they do the people at companies like Netflix or HBO Max (not gonna call it Max because that's stupid) who are barely responsible for the show's success. So I think it's perfectly justified why people are supporting the strike.

My point is I think a few less episodes of Stranger Things is worth it if these writers get compensated and treated fairly by their bosses.

 

[Yummylesecond]

I feel really bad for these writers, people should really research what these people go through. I thought only a minority actually thought these writers shouldn't have gone on strike.

 

[PinkPugPrincess]

According to this community post from Vailskibum, the writer's strike may finally end soon.

 

[spongie33]

 

[PinkPugPrincess]

I guess this means now it's official!

 

[Liquid Hawk]

Can be the one to do it?

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[SpongeyMind]

I wonder how much season 14 is affected from this, but from 2007's WGA strike I'm guessing not much

 

[Nathan Shetka]

it’s all just a lot of Barnacles

 

[SneakyMcSneakyPants]

I wonder how much season 14 is affected from this, but from 2007's WGA strike I'm guessing not much

It wasn't affected at all, because SpongeBob's writers are part of The Animation Guild and not the WGA. Also, if you saw that old thread from 2008 that was talking about SpongeBob writers getting fired during the 2007 strike, it linked to a blog post that actually talked about writers getting fired in 2001 (during season 3) for trying to get into the WGA, so that was completely unrelated to the 2007 WGA strike (and no writers were fired then).

 

[Nathan Shetka]

What the Barnacles is up with that?

 

[SneakyMcSneakyPants]

What the Barnacles is up with that?

If you mean the writers not being part of WGA, it's just standard for kids' animation I guess to be in TAG instead of the WGA. Phineas and Ferb's writers aren't part of the WGA either, and I'm pretty sure CN is also non-WGA. If you mean the 2001 firings, I don't really know lol. Just typical anti-union stuff I guess. I'm just happy they're at least in TAG now.