2023-10-10 00:52:45
Hollywood US screenwriters accept new employment contracts
A rally in front of the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles. photo
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There’s a deal: After months of negotiations, members of the Writers Guild of America have reached an agreement with their employers.
The US screenwriters have a new collective agreement with the big companies by a clear majority Hollywood studios accepted. 99 percent of the writers’ union members were in favor of the agreement, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced on Monday (local time). In the ratification process, 8,435 members voted for the new treaty, 90 were against it.
In the almost five-month-long writers’ strike, the WGA board approved a preliminary agreement on September 26th between the union and the major studios and streaming providers in the USA. The members of the union, which has over 11,000 members, then had to vote.
According to the WGA, the new deal is valid until May 2026. The contract contains, among other things, wage increases, regulations for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and higher subsidies for retirement and health care.
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