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·
    9 months 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.