The WGA and the AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, and more

The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would end a strike that has lasted …

Los Angeles Times 2023-09-25

Context & Ripple Effects

The dispute began after negotiations over compensation and AI protections broke down, leading the WGA to call a strike over pay and AI issues. The tentative agreement is therefore a negotiated response to the two issues that defined the stoppage.

Follow-on coverage indicates the contract pairs its AI provisions with streaming-data transparency requirements, making the settlement more than a return-to-work arrangement: it addresses how writers are paid and protected in a streaming-led production market.

First-order effects

If ratified, the agreement would end the WGA work stoppage and give covered writers higher pay and streaming residuals under a proposed three-year term.
AMPTP member studios would need to apply the new AI rules to writers’ work and absorb the contract’s revised compensation obligations.

Second-order effects

Streaming-data transparency gives the guild a stronger basis for monitoring residuals, narrowing the information gap that had complicated compensation negotiations.
AI rules move generative-AI use from an individual production decision into a collectively bargained compliance issue for studios and their writing workflows.

Third-order effects

The agreement could become a reference point for entertainment labor negotiations in which AI protections and platform-era compensation are treated as linked contract issues.
If transparency provisions prove durable, labor agreements may increasingly shape access to platform performance data that studios have historically controlled.

The trend: Hollywood labor bargaining is expanding from wages alone to governance of streaming economics and AI’s role in creative work.

Discussion

@wgaeast @wgaeast on threads
The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who stood with us for over 146 days. More details coming after contract language is finalized.
@Celeste_pewter@mastodon.social Celeste Pewter on mastodon
Amazing news. — Shoutout to the WGA for all of your sacrifices and fearlessly fighting. You are truly paving the way and setting standards. — https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
@MelodyCooper@mastodon.world Melody Cooper on mastodon
FINALLY, it looks like we have a WGA deal! Just in time for AMPTP to atone for their sins! (My lawyer said it) — [image]
@wgawest @wgawest on x
The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who stood with us for over 146 days. More details coming after contract language is finalized. #WGAStrike [image]
@adamconover Adam Conover on x
We did it. We have a tentative deal. Over the coming days, we'll discuss and vote on it, together, as a democratic union. But today, I want to thank every single WGA member, and every fellow worker who stood with us in solidarity. You made this possible. Thank you. #WGAStrong [im…
@americanamemes @americanamemes on x
After 146 Days, white smoke is finally emitting from the Sherman Oaks Galleria signifying that the AMPTP and WGA have reached a tentative agreement! [image]
@lucas_shaw Lucas Shaw on x
We have a deal. [image]
@aflcio @aflcio on x
✊ After 146 days on strike, @WGAEast @WGAWest have reached a tentative agreement with AMPTP. Members now vote on the contract, which WGA says “is exceptional — with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership.” #WGAStrong
@chrislhayes Chris Hayes on x
I'm not a member of the WGA (though hope to be soon) but am so awed by the solidarity and tenacity and righteous discipline they've showed throughout this strike. (nice work, @luvhrakhe )
@mikeroyce Mike Royce on x
a short 🧵! Back in May, when it became clear we were going on strike, I got real sad. Because I remembered the last strike. How the AMPTP plan to play unions against each other worked. How the picket lines swelled at first but after a few weeks, thinned out. Not this time. [image…
@joshgondelman Josh Gondelman on x
So many people worked so hard to make this happen! I'm so proud of our members (and our amazing staff)! Eager to continue standing with SAG-AFTRA in their ongoing fight for a fair deal too! I'm very emotional!!!
@rakeshlobster Rakesh Agrawal on x
Looking forward to reading the restrictions studios were willing to accept on using AI in Hollywood productions. https://www.latimes.com/...
@mattbelloni Matthew Belloni on x
The Yom Kippur Miracle.
@latimes @latimes on x
With the tentative WGA pact done, entertainment company leaders are expected to turn their attention to the 160,000-member SAG-AFTRA union to accelerate those stalled talks in an effort to get the industry back to work. https://www.latimes.com/...
@brianstelter Brian Stelter on x
“Now the guild must finalize the contract and sell the deal to its members,” @natjarv reports https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@ewagmeister Elizabeth Wagmeister on x
SAG congratulates WGA, saluting their “incredible strength, resiliency and solidarity on the picket lines.” “While we look forward to reviewing the WGA and AMPTP's tentative agreement, we remain committed to achieving the necessary terms for our members,” a spokesperson says...
@brianstelter Brian Stelter on x
WGA's statement about a tentative resolution to the strike: “We can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional — with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership.”
@kvanaren Kathryn VanArendonk on x
honestly can't remember ever being more excited to be like “woooo let's get some CONTRACT DETAILS!!”
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