gizmodo.com: After nearly 150 days on strike, the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers have finally reached an agreement. The unit members celebrated across the country, and now the WGA has released a Memorandum of Agreement, as well as some additional documents to inform members what nearly five months of withheld work, union solidarity, and standing up for their value has won them. You can read the full Memorandum here.
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I’ve been seeing a lot of the news talking about the strike ending. Most of the news is talking about what this means for future shows and the SAG strike as well as when we can expect show productions to start up. However, I haven’t seen much news talking about what exactly was won through the strike. The writer of the article seems pretty pleased with the wins. I really like the deal reached around AI specifically that with a studio’s permission a writer is allowed to use AI and also that if the WGA believes that a writer was unfairly treated due to use of AI they have the right to review that and demand money. One thing I really didn’t like is that the writers still don’t get residuals for streaming. Instead they’re getting “viewership-based streaming bonuses” based on streaming numbers during the first 90 days of release. This is definitely still an improvement and WGA has the right to review all the streaming numbers if they believe a writer has been cheated out of the money they’re owed. I still think residuals would be ideal, however that’s a fight for the future.
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