Writers Guild Reaches Tentative Four-Year Deal With Studios

Writers Guild Negotiations Priorities Approved by Members: Health Plan Funding, AI and Compensation

Members of the Writers Guild of America have approved a slate of contract priorities in upcoming labor negotiations with studios and streamers that includes shoring up the union’s health plan, expanding AI protections and improving compensation. More than 97 percent of participating union members voted to approve the bargaining slate ahead of negotiations starting with…

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Tom Fontana Elected President of the Writers Guild East

Tom Fontana Elected President of the Writers Guild East

The Writers Guild of America East has found its next leader. Veteran television creator and showrunner Tom Fontana was elected to be the East Coast writers union’s next president on Thursday after running on a platform that emphasized meat-and-potato wage and benefits issues in addition to the importance of defending free speech. Fontana’s two-year term…

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Park Chan-wook and ‘The Sympathizer’ Co-Creator Don McKellar Expelled From Writers Guild

Park Chan-wook and ‘The Sympathizer’ Co-Creator Don McKellar Expelled From Writers Guild

Legendary Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook and his co-creator on the HBO Max series The Sympathizer have been expelled from the Hollywood writers’ union after allegedly working during the strike.  The director of Oldboy, Snowpiercer and The Handmaiden was booted from the Writers Guild of America alongside Don McKellar after working on the 2024 series during…

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