Striking Writers Picket Apple TV Production In Delaware County

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — The Philadelphia area has been the setting for several hit films and TV shows lately.

And one of the most recent productions from Apple TV+ is filming in the Newtown Square area.

"Sinking Spring" is an upcoming Apple TV+ show that focuses on two friends who pose as DEA agents to rob a house and face the consequences of their actions when it turns out they robbed a large narcotics operation.

But the Writers Guild of America is picketing the production.

The union representing writers went on strike for the first time in 15 years on May 2.

Writers showed up to Newtown Square Meeting House Tuesday to show solidarity with their comrades.

"The companies’ behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to further devaluing the profession of writing," WGA said in announcing its strike.

Companies the union has taken issue with include Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount, and Sony.

"From their refusal to guarantee any level of weekly employment in episodic television, to the creation of a 'day rate' in comedy variety, to their stonewalling on free work for screenwriters and on AI for all writers, they have closed the door on their labor force and opened the door to writing as an entirely freelance profession," the union said. "No such deal could ever be contemplated by this membership."