Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/after-talks-collapse-writers-guild-strike-continues Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Negotiators continue to seek a compromise to end the Writers Guild of America's ongoing strike. Jeffrey Brown discusses the strike with Carl Diorio, labor editor for The Hollywood Reporter. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: Now, the plot thickens, and the Hollywood writers' strike goes on. Jeffrey Brown has our story. JEFFREY BROWN: After negotiations between screenwriters and producers broke down on Friday, workers whose jobs depend on TV and film production — set builders, hairstylists, and so many others — took to the streets of Los Angeles this weekend to call for a settlement in the worst labor crisis to hit the industry in 20 years.At another gathering, so-called "fans of writers" came from around the country and the world to show their support for the striking members of the Writers Guild.The showdown centers on a dispute over how writers should be compensated for online programming. Negotiators on the two sides read the script of this internal drama very differently.JIM KENNEDY, Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers: If the Writers Guild organizers drop these unreasonable demands, then we can get back to the table and, I think, quickly negotiate a fair solution.MICHAEL WINSHIP, President, Writers Guild of America-East: We're ready to negotiate and bargain. The other side's position seems to have been to offer ultimata. JEFFREY BROWN: The five-week-old strike is beginning to have a wider economic impact, and many industry workers are worried. Kaydee Lavorin is a set decorator. KAYDEE LAVORIN, Set Decorator: It's terrifying for everyone. I mean, I'm actually cutting way back, since I don't know what I'll be doing in February. JEFFREY BROWN: In the meantime, some writers are taking their comedic bite to the Internet. YOUTUBE VIDEO HOST: Our top story — really, our only story — the ongoing writers' strike, which began last Monday after talks broke down between writers, seen here working slavishly for your entertainment, and media company CEOs, captured here in their natural habitat. JEFFREY BROWN: In fact, in a sea of late-night talk show reruns, political candidates might be the only ones enjoying a respite from serving as the butt of late-night jokes. TV ACTOR: If he was the last person she called, then he's the first person… JEFFREY BROWN: Everyone else, including fans of drama and comedy favorites that are running out of new programs, might not be so pleased.