Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Labor negotiations are typically marked by revolutionary rhetoric followed by incremental gains.
For all the pre-game talk about rewriting the economic order, the end result typically looks like three yards and a cloud of dust.
The Writers Guild of America argues that its current negotiation is different, and that it must result in a dramatic overhaul of writer compensation.
Central to that case is the claim that writer pay is declining. But is it? The guild has cited internal survey data showing that TV writer-producer weekly pay has dropped 4% (or 23% adjusted for inflation) since 2013.
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