Editor’s note: As part of Deadline’s ongoing coverage of the WGA strike, we want to give voice to below-the-line workers who are also impacted by the work stoppage.
This column is written by a Los Angeles-based project manager in post-production. Here’s my biggest frustration: The strike is designed to hurt the studios and bend their arm into meeting the WGA’s terms, but the studios don’t seem to be hurting.
They are saving millions a day by having no active productions. They are going to be able to get out of a bunch of existing contracts.
They have had a very long time to strategically plan for this. Who it is, in fact, hurting is all the below-the-line workers and the businesses that support these workers.
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