“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.
Writers Guild Reaches Tentative Four-Year Deal With Studios
The guild just began negotiations in mid-March but the provisional agreement boasts health plan and pension increases and more protection against writers' work being used for AI training.
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.
Writers Guild West Staffers to Lose Health Coverage Soon Amid Strike
The co-chair of the Writers Guild Staff Union said that staffers learned on Tuesday that they will be ineligible for their health plan starting Wednesday.
Writers Guild Of America Condemns CBS News Layoffs, Including Shutdown Of Radio Service: “Recklessness And Greed”
The guild blasted the decision to close CBS News Radio
Striking Writers Guild Staffers Picket Outside Building Where Union Is Negotiating With Studios
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.
Writer Guild’s Top Negotiators Are Willing to Play Hardball This Time, Too
In 2023, the union struck for 148 days. This year, negotiators say “we're not interested in hearing there's no money” as they push for studios to shore up their health plan and pay writers for AI licensing.
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Stephen Colbert Rejects “Implied Parallel” to Blacklisted Screenwriter Walter Bernstein While Receiving Writers Guild Awards Honor
"This is not the 1950s," the 'Late Show' host said after speaking about the history of the Hollywood blacklist that included the honor's namesake scribe. "This is not the Red Scare. And, as far as I can tell, no one in late night is fomenting a revolution. As we know, the revolution will not be televised. It was going to be televised, but then Paramount bought it.”
‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Top Writers Guild Awards
'The Pitt,' 'The Studio' and 'Dying for Sex' were among the TV winners at the Roy Wood Jr.-hosted ceremony, held Sunday night in New York.
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