As Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav spoke at Boston University's Sunday commencement ceremony during a WGAEast strike, the crowd sent him a message: 'Pay your writers.' BU2023 WGAStrike WGAStrong 1u
As unionized film and television writers across the United States continue to, Warner Bros. Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav was met with critical chants both inside and outside of Boston University's Sunday commencement ceremony, during which he spoke and received an honorary degree.
After weeks of negotiating with Zaslav's company as well as Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, and Sony under the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers , the Writers Guild of America launched the strike in early May, saying that"the studios' responses toThat same week, BU announced Zaslav as a commencement speaker, sparking backlash from students, alumni, community members, and the WGA, East director of communications, Jason Gordon,...
"Boston University should not give voice to someone who wants to destroy their students' ability to build a career in the film and television industry," Gordon told."The university should expect students, Writers Guild members, as well as other unions and community groups to picket Zaslav's commencement address."
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