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The Directors Guild of America's National Board of Directors has unanimously recommended ratification of a new four-year contract with major film and television studios, which includes provisions to limit TV actors from directing episodes to preserve jobs for career directors, alongside addressing unemployment, health plans, and AI protections.
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is set to begin negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on key issues including jobs, artificial intelligence, and healthcare.
Negotiators for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have explained their decision to agree to an unusually drama-free four-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), citing health plan issues and new AMPTP leadership.
Carrying signs with slogans like “WGAMPTP,” members of the Writers Guild Staff Union brought their issues with union management to the doorstep of SAG-AFTRA, where negotiations began.
With negotiations a week away for its new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the Writers Guild of America has released its pattern of demands.
Filmmaker James Cameron is receiving a Writers Guild lifetime achievement award, acknowledging his decades of successful screenwriting.
SAG-AFTRA members have overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The deal includes provisions for AI usage and a merger of the union's health and pension plans.
SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have resumed talks, focusing on key issues such as AI and pension funding, as they aim to finalize a deal before DGA negotiations begin.
SAG-AFTRA has confirmed it will resume negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) later this month, with talks expected to restart on April 27, following an early agreement with the Writers Guild of America.
The Writers Guild of America West has sweetened its offer to the 110-member staff union that has been on strike since mid-February. But with only a couple of days left before the WGA begins its negotiations with the major studios on a new Minimum Basic Agreement, the two sides have still not resolved their differences. […]
SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin gave a small update on the union leadership’s ongoing negotiations with the major Hollywood studios during Sunday night’s Actor Awards.
The SAG-AFTRA national board has decisively approved a new four-year contract with major studios, which includes provisions for new AI protections, annual rate increases, and a controversial plan to merge the union's two pension funds.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract deal with Hollywood studios, officially ratifying the agreement. The deal, which includes some cuts to the health plan, was approved with a 90% vote.
The Writers Guild has reached a provisional four-year agreement with studios, which includes increases in health plan and pension benefits, along with greater protection against AI training using writers' work.
Two days after the writers unions released their pattern of demands for upcoming negotiations with the major studios, WGA East President Tom Fontana weighed in on the state of things during a brief…
Ahead of a March 16 start date for negotiations with the major studios, the Writers Guild of America has peeled back the curtain on the state of the union’s health and pension funds.