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Screenwriters Association asks members to stop work on US projects during Hollywood writers' strike..
Screenwriters Association (SWA) from India is showing solidarity with the Writers Guild of America who are on strike for fair pay and profits from the Hollywood studios..
An email signed by SWA General Secretary Zaman Habib stated, "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]."..
According to a report on Deadline, screenwriter Anjum Rajabali, who is a SWA Executive Committee member, stated that members are not stopping work on the Indian shows produced by Netflix, Disney and Amazon..
More international guilds including the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) and Australia Writers Guild (AWG) have also extended their support to the striking WGA members and asked their members not to write for any US shows.. ABOUT THE AUTHOR..
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