Last week, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav was asked about the possibility that the more than eleven thousand television and feature writers in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) West and WGA East may go on strike when their three-year contract expires on May 1.

Zaslav, who was paid $246.6 million in 2021, expressed hope that “we can get through this in a way that’s fair to all parties.” “For this industry to succeed, everybody needs to feel fully valued,” he added. “Our objective would be that everybody gets fairly compensated for work they do.”

Hollywood’s writers, who don’t make nearly a quarter of a billion dollars per year, do not currently feel fairly compensated for their work. The workers have just overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if their leadership does not reach a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) by May 1; 97.85 percent of ballots cast were in favor of authorizing a strike, with a record 79 percent of eligible members turning out to vote.