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The Writers Guild West’s Struggle With Its Staff Union Gets Even Uglier
The famously aggressive union is alleging that picketers harassed writers and in some cases even resorted to physical intimidation, claims that its staffers deny.
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Directors Guild Renews Russell Hollander’s Contract Through 2029
The union’s top-ranking staffer is about to lead negotiations with studios and streamers that begin May 11.
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Writers Guild Ratifies Four-Year Contract Deal With Studios
More than 90 percent of the union’s writers across country voted to support the deal, which infuses $321 million into the labor group’s ailing health plan.
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Why Did the Writers Guild Agree to a Four-Year Deal? Its Negotiators Explain.
The union’s unusually drama-free negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has raised eyebrows, but labor leaders say health plan woes and new AMPTP leadership made for a more cordial exchange.
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Unionized Lucky 8 and Sharp Entertainment Workers Ratify Contracts (Exclusive)
Nonfiction television staffers at the production companies behind ‘90 Day Fiancé’ and ‘The Food That Built America’ have greenlit new three-year labor deals.
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Writers Guild Reveals Details of Four-Year Deal: A $321M Health Plan Infusion, Higher Residuals and AI Licensing Language
The tentative contract also raises minimum payments by a cumulative 10.5 percent and sweetens the union’s streaming success bonus.
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California’s Creative Job Losses Aren’t AI Casualties, Key Report Finds (Exclusive)
The rapid development of the tech isn’t displacing workers but it is changing the nature of creative work in the state, according to the latest research from Otis College of Art and Design.
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SAG-AFTRA and Studios to Resume Negotiations on April 27
The news arrived shortly after the Writers Guild of America reached a surprise deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Studios.
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“Thank God”: Writers Guild Members React to Surprise Deal as Drag Out Fight Gets Averted
After their 148-day strike in 2023, union members say that they weren’t eager for a repeat. But a four-year agreement, rather than the customary three year-deal, raises questions about the fine print.
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Writers Guild Reaches Tentative Four-Year Deal With Studios
The provisional agreement, reached after less than a month of negotiations, boasts health plan and pension increases and protection against writers' work being used for AI training.
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CBS News 24/7 Writers Reach Tentative Contract Deal Following Walkout
The provisional three-year contract was reached on Tuesday after a tense bargaining period that began Feb. 10.
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SAG-AFTRA Communications Staff Union Voluntarily Recognized
The workers are joining the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, which already represents organizing staffers at the performers’ union.
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