The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike has garnered attention from other film industry unions around the world.
India’s Screenwriters Association (Swa) is offering support to the thousands of WGA members and has asked its own members “to down tools on U.S. films and series,” as per Deadline.
Swa, which is India’s major industry guild for writers, emailed over 57,000 of its members on Thursday, explaining the WGA’s reason for calling the strike and to inform them that the association “stands in complete solidarity with our 11,500 sisters and brothers of WGA.”
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“We ask all Swa members working on U.S. shows and films to strengthen their protest by stopping work on those, and to not accept any new writing work from the companies in the US affiliated to AMPTP [Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers],” Swa said in an email signed by its General Secretary,...
India’s Screenwriters Association (Swa) is offering support to the thousands of WGA members and has asked its own members “to down tools on U.S. films and series,” as per Deadline.
Swa, which is India’s major industry guild for writers, emailed over 57,000 of its members on Thursday, explaining the WGA’s reason for calling the strike and to inform them that the association “stands in complete solidarity with our 11,500 sisters and brothers of WGA.”
Read More: ‘House Of The Dragon’ Will Continue Production Amid Writers’ Strike
“We ask all Swa members working on U.S. shows and films to strengthen their protest by stopping work on those, and to not accept any new writing work from the companies in the US affiliated to AMPTP [Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers],” Swa said in an email signed by its General Secretary,...
- 5/4/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Exclusive: India’s Screenwriters Association (Swa) has expressed support for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike and asked its members to down tools on U.S. films and series.
The Swa, the country’s major industry guild for writers with more than 57,000 members, emailed its membership on Thursday night to explain the WGA’s reasons for calling the strike and to state that the association “stands in complete solidarity with our 11,500 sisters and brothers of WGA.”
“We ask all Swa members working on U.S. shows and films to strengthen their protest by stopping work on those, and to not accept any new writing work from the companies in the US affiliated to AMPTP [Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers],” the Swa said in an email signed by Swa General Secretary Zaman Habib.
“If the WGA strike succeeds, it helps our efforts, by setting a precedent. After all, we shall be negotiating with the Indian...
The Swa, the country’s major industry guild for writers with more than 57,000 members, emailed its membership on Thursday night to explain the WGA’s reasons for calling the strike and to state that the association “stands in complete solidarity with our 11,500 sisters and brothers of WGA.”
“We ask all Swa members working on U.S. shows and films to strengthen their protest by stopping work on those, and to not accept any new writing work from the companies in the US affiliated to AMPTP [Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers],” the Swa said in an email signed by Swa General Secretary Zaman Habib.
“If the WGA strike succeeds, it helps our efforts, by setting a precedent. After all, we shall be negotiating with the Indian...
- 5/4/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
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