The voice of the WGA was represented loudly in Austin at the ATX TV Festival with various panels informing attendees about the issues of most importance to writers in the stalled negotiations with studios, like AI and staffing minimums—a set minimum number of writers that a series has to employ—as well as why production shutdowns during the ongoing strike are an important part of their fight for a fair deal.
On Saturday, Deadline spoke with WGA negotiating committee member Greg Iwinski following his discussion of the writers strike alongside Julie Plec and Zoanne Clack on a panel hosted at Stateside at the Paramount.
Iwinski has been a writer on Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. DEADLINE: There have been questions regarding the need for production shutdowns.
Can you share why this is important? GREG IWINSKI: Nobody is happy or enjoys that productions are shut down because we want to be back at work and making stuff.
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