On Sunday’s program, the host stated he’s mad “that it took the studios 148 days to accomplish a offer that they might haveactually used on day fing one.”
John Oliver had a lot of news to catch up on in Sunday’s Last Week Tonight — 5 months, in reality.
During the veryfirst 15 minutes or so of his veryfirst program back consideringthat the Writers Guild of America strike ended, he blazed through the greatest news stories that tookplace throughout the 148-day strike.
“I’d have liked to haveactually covered all of these stories back when they initially tookplace,” he stated after evaluating the news. ” I dream so much I might have informed you these jokes at the time, however I couldn’t since our authors, the individuals who composed those jokes, were required to strike for a reasonable agreement for the last 5 months. And it was an tremendously challenging time, not simply for them however for everybody else working on this program and lotsof others who might no longer do their tasks. And to be clear, this strike occurred for great factors. Our market hasactually seen its work significantly squeezed in current years. You’ve mostlikely seen stories about authors and stars whose work you might even acknowledge, consistently not making enough to certify for health insurancecoverage or payfor fundamental requirements.”
He continued: “So the Writers Guild went on strike and thegoodnewsis won, however it took a lot of sacrifices from a lot of individuals to accomplish that. And while I’m delighted that they ultimately got a reasonable offer and exceptionally proud of what our union accomplished, I’m likewise furious that it took the studios 148 days to accomplish a offer that they might haveactually provided on day fucking one. But ideally, this may motivate others, from car employees to Starbucks baristas to health care suppliers, whether they are in unions or would like to be, to discover power in each other. And within our specific market.”
He stated he hopes that SAG-AFTRA and IATSE are able to “take what the authors accomplished and utilize it to win reasonable agreements for themselves too.”
“Because the fact is, it takes numerous individuals working truly hard to make movie and TELEVISION, all of whom areworthyof a piece of the pie and for the stars in specific, they cannot come back to work quickly enough,” he included.
Oliver’s remarks