On strike since May 2, the Writers Guild of America announced a tentative agreement between the union and major studios that could end the strike.  WGA East and WGA West, in a Sept. 24 statement, said: “What we have won in this contract — most particularly, everything we have gained since May 2 —

Picketing has been suspended and writers are returning to work. The rank and file will be voting on the contract from Oct. 2 to Oct. 9.

While the language was being finalized, the union asked its members to join a picket line of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The actors represented by SAG-AFTRA are still on strike.

The new agreement reportedly addresses writers’ demands for a livable income, minimum staffing levels and guarantees their jobs will not be eliminated by artificial intelligence.

  • albigu
    11•1 year ago

    Here’s their summary of their gains in the new agreement.

    The required 2nd step, guaranteed 10 week employment and the minimum writers per episode bits are fantastic, as a big complaint that was often glossed over was the “mini-room” thing where they used hire series writers for the episodes and fire them before the series was even shooting.

    Obviously I’m not a writer, but the agreement seems to address most of their complaints very well.