WGA Members Vote Overwhelmingly In Favor Of The 2023 Contract
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After six long months, the Writer’s Strike has come to an end with both the WGA and AMPTP agreeing on a contract and said contract being ratified by pretty much the entire guild. The strike officially ended on September 27th after a tentative agreement was submitted for member approval by WGA East and West. This agreement features provisions that give huge incentives to writers, including bonuses for top-performing shows on streaming platforms, staffing minimums for writer’s rooms, a new minimum wage tier for writer-producers that is 9.5% higher than the rate for story editors, and a framework for the use of artificial intelligence that does undermine credit or compensation for writers.
The only thing that could not be agreed upon was a provision forbidding studios from training A.I. using the work of screenwriters. This will most likely have to be settled by arbitration or court decisions. Though the writer’s strike has ended, SAG-AFTRA is still on strike, so productions cannot resume until a deal with the actors is reached, and writers will stand with actors on the picket lines until such a deal is reached. The president of WGA East, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, urged the AMPTP to make a fair deal with the actors, stating, “Until the studios make a deal that addresses the needs of performers, WGA members will be on the picket lines, walking side-by-side with SAG-AFTRA in solidarity.”
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Source: Variety
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