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The mouthpiece for this latest AMPTP attempt to sow discord among WGA members is courtesy of Variety.

TV Staff Minimum Remains Key Sticking Point, But Some in WGA Privately Grumble: ‘Nobody Asked for This’

The Writers Guild of America responded on Tuesday to the latest proposal from the studios, as the sides continue to try to resolve the three-month old writers’ strike.

While the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has made some concessions, including agreeing to provide streaming viewership data, the studio group has not agreed to a key WGA demand for a minimum staff size for TV writers rooms.

The AMPTP at first refused to even consider the idea. But in it latest proposal, it offered to give showrunners flexibility to hire a certain number of writers, depending on the budget of the show. The WGA, meanwhile, has continued to make clear that it wants a fixed minimum staff size for all shows.

The two sides remain at odds on a host of other issues as well. But the TV staff size proposal is shaping up as a key hurdle to getting an agreement.

The WGA places a premium on solidarity. But within the guild, there’s been some private dissent over the proposal, with some showrunners telling Variety that they think it is the “wrong fight” and should not be the reason that the strike is prolonged.

The article claims that Variety “seven writers with varying levels of experience — including several current or former showrunners — who were willing to explain their opposition on the condition of anonymity.”

Seven.

Here are some online responses from other TV writers more than several of them showrunners.

On and on it goes. WGA writer after writer in support of minimum staffing vs. seven (7) anonymous “privately grumbling” individuals.

You know who to believe.

#WGAStrong

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