Writers on the popular MTV series showed up at their boss’ office in an attempt to gain his support as they fight for a fair contract.
Although the Hollywood actors’ and writers’
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the flyers state: “We are currently compensated at a rate well below our peers writing for WGA-covered shows like ‘Ridiculousness.’ While our workloads have increased substantially, our compensation has been stagnant.” The flyers also contend that the show’s writers were excluded from holiday pay and end-of-year increases and that the show’s production company has not yet responded to requests to begin negotiating a mutual agreement.
“‘Ridiculousness’ has been a huge success,” writer Ally Maynard says in the X video. “We just want a piece of that success.”
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