Writers and Hollywood studios reach tentative deal

ABC News’ Jaclyn Lee is in Hollywood where actors are putting down their signs as a tentative deal moves closer to a contract with movie studios.
2:38 | 09/26/23

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KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT, TERRY MORAN FOR >> ALL RIGHT, TERRY MORAN FOR US THERE IN WAYNE, MICHIGAN. US THERE IN WAYNE, MICHIGAN. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE IT. FROM MOTORS TO MOVIES, FROM MOTORS TO MOVIES, THE OTHER STRIKE WE'VE BEEN THE OTHER STRIKE WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HAS BEEN OUT FOLLOWING HAS BEEN OUT OF HOLLYWOOD, WHERE WRITERS OF HOLLYWOOD, WHERE WRITERS ARE GETTING A STEP CLOSER TO A ARE GETTING A STEP CLOSER TO A FINAL DEAL. FINAL DEAL. IT'S A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IT'S A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THAT'S ON THE TABLE, BUT IT THAT'S ON THE TABLE, BUT IT WOULD END THE NEARLY WOULD END THE NEARLY FIVE MONTHS LONG STRIKE FIVE MONTHS LONG STRIKE LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP. THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA EXPECTED TO VOTE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE LATER ON THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE LATER TODAY BEFORE SENDING IT FOR TODAY BEFORE SENDING IT FOR A FINAL VOTE FROM ITS NEARLY A FINAL VOTE FROM ITS NEARLY 11,000 MEMBERS. 11,000 MEMBERS. IN THE MEANTIME, WRITERS CAN IN THE MEANTIME, WRITERS CAN RETURN TO WORK IN SOME CAPACITY RETURN TO WORK IN SOME CAPACITY DURING REMEDIATION ONCE DURING REMEDIATION ONCE THE CONTRACT IS FULLY APPROVED THE CONTRACT IS FULLY APPROVED . . SOME OF THE FIRST SHOWS TAKEN SOME OF THE FIRST SHOWS TAKEN OFF THE AIR, INCLUDING LATE OFF THE AIR, INCLUDING LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS, ARE EXPECTED NIGHT TALK SHOWS, ARE EXPECTED TO RESUME. TO RESUME. >> OUR JACLYN LEE JOINS US NOW >> OUR JACLYN LEE JOINS US NOW FROM LOS ANGELES JUST OUTSIDE FROM LOS ANGELES JUST OUTSIDE OF PARAMOUNT STUDIOS. OF PARAMOUNT STUDIOS. >> SO, JACQUELINE, THE WRITERS >> SO, JACQUELINE, THE WRITERS STRIKE MAY BE OVER, BUT JUST STRIKE MAY BE OVER, BUT JUST A MINUTE AGO, THERE A NUMBER A MINUTE AGO, THERE A NUMBER OF PICKETERS BEHIND YOU. OF PICKETERS BEHIND YOU. SO LET'S LAY OUT THE DIFFERENCE SO LET'S LAY OUT THE DIFFERENCE HERE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING HERE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN WRITERS AND ACTORS ON BETWEEN WRITERS AND ACTORS AT THIS HOUR. AT THIS HOUR. >> YES, KYRA. >> YES, KYRA. SO THEY JUST WRAPPED LIKE SO THEY JUST WRAPPED LIKE THEY FINISHED 30 SECONDS AGO. THEY FINISHED 30 SECONDS AGO. TO GO, WE JUST MISSED ALL THE TO GO, WE JUST MISSED ALL THE ACTION. ACTION. BUT SAG-AFTRA REPRESENTS BUT SAG-AFTRA REPRESENTS THE ACTORS. THE ACTORS. THEY DO NOT HAVE AN AGREEMENT THEY DO NOT HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STUDIOS AT THIS POINT WITH THE STUDIOS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IN TIME. THEY STARTED STRIKING THEY STARTED STRIKING IN MID-JULY, THE WRITERS GUILD, IN MID-JULY, THE WRITERS GUILD, THEY WERE WEARING BLUE T SHIRTS THEY WERE WEARING BLUE T SHIRTS . . THEY HAVE BEEN STRIKING SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN STRIKING SINCE MAY. MAY. SO NEARLY FIVE MONTHS. SO NEARLY FIVE MONTHS. IT WAS ALMOST THE LONGEST IT WAS ALMOST THE LONGEST STRIKE IN THE UNION'S HISTORY. STRIKE IN THE UNION'S HISTORY. THEY COME TO A TENTATIVE THEY COME TO A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT. AGREEMENT. SO BUT -- BUT EVEN THOUGH SO BUT -- BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE COME TO THAT THEY HAVE COME TO THAT AGREEMENT, THEY ARE STILL AGREEMENT, THEY ARE STILL SUPPORTING THE ACTORS BECAUSE SUPPORTING THE ACTORS BECAUSE WE JUST SPOKE WITH SOME WE JUST SPOKE WITH SOME OF THEM. OF THEM. AND I SAID, WHY DID YOU WANT AND I SAID, WHY DID YOU WANT TO COME OUT EVEN THOUGH TO COME OUT EVEN THOUGH YOU ALREADY CAME TO AN YOU ALREADY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT? AGREEMENT? AND THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR BROTHERS, SISTERS. WITH THEIR BROTHERS, SISTERS. AND EVEN WHEN THEY WERE AND EVEN WHEN THEY WERE STRIKING BEFORE SAG-AFTRA DID, STRIKING BEFORE SAG-AFTRA DID, SAG-AFTRA MEMBERS, WE'RE SAG-AFTRA MEMBERS, WE'RE JOINING THEM ON THE PICKET JOINING THEM ON THE PICKET LINE. LINE. SO THEY DEFINITELY IN THE SO THEY DEFINITELY IN THE TEAMWORK MENTALITY KYRA. TEAMWORK MENTALITY KYRA. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TALK THEN ABOUT ACTORS SO LET'S TALK THEN ABOUT ACTORS CONDITIONS THEN AND HOW CONDITIONS THEN AND HOW YOU THINK WRITERS AGREEMENT YOU THINK WRITERS AGREEMENT THAT WAS JUST REACHED COULD THAT WAS JUST REACHED COULD IMPACT THOSE OTHER DISCUSSIONS IMPACT THOSE OTHER DISCUSSIONS . . SO SAG-AFTRA CAME OUT SO SAG-AFTRA CAME OUT WITH STATEMENT SAYING THEY ARE WITH STATEMENT SAYING THEY ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO READING ABOUT THE WRITERS TO READING ABOUT THE WRITERS GUILD AGREEMENT. GUILD AGREEMENT. ULTIMATELY, THEY ARE ULTIMATELY, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. SO THE WRITERS, BY STICKING OUT SO THE WRITERS, BY STICKING OUT FOR THESE FIVE MONTHS, FOR THESE FIVE MONTHS, SAG-AFTRA, THOSE MEMBERS SAG-AFTRA, THOSE MEMBERS DEFINITELY FEEL A SURGE OF HOPE DEFINITELY FEEL A SURGE OF HOPE THAT MAYBE THEY WILL COME TO AN THAT MAYBE THEY WILL COME TO AN AGREEMENT SO CLEAN. AGREEMENT SO CLEAN. DAVIS WITH WRITING, DID SPEAK DAVIS WITH WRITING, DID SPEAK WITH ABC NEWS, ABC NEWS AND WITH ABC NEWS, ABC NEWS AND HE SAID THAT SAG-AFTRA WAS HE SAID THAT SAG-AFTRA WAS NEVER AS FROM THE STUDIOS NEVER AS FROM THE STUDIOS AS THE WRITERS GUILD WAS. AS THE WRITERS GUILD WAS. SO THEY BELIEVE THAT SAG-AFTRA SO THEY BELIEVE THAT SAG-AFTRA WILL QUICKLY FALL IN LINE ONCE WILL QUICKLY FALL IN LINE ONCE THE WRITERS GUILD AGREEMENT THE WRITERS GUILD AGREEMENT GETS RATIFIED BY THEIR 11,000 GETS RATIFIED BY THEIR 11,000 MEMBERS KYRA. MEMBERS KYRA.

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