Next year’s negotiations for a new WGA film and TV contract – and a possible writers’ strike – were front and center in campaign statements posted by several candidates in the WGA East’…
Next year’s negotiations for a new WGA film and TV contract – and a possible writers’ strike – were front and center in campaign statements posted by several candidates in the’s ongoing Council elections. The WGA’s current contract, known as the Minimum Basic Agreement , expires on May 1, 2023.
Many of the film/TV/streaming sector candidates agreed that eliminating the longstanding practice of free rewrites during the development of films and TV shows will be a major issue at next year’s contract negotiations.
Kaitlin Fontana, seeking a third term on the Council, wrote: “We face a serious contract fight with the MBA in 2023. We are doing more work than ever before, for less money – many times for free! Our industry’s power brokers are increasingly concentrated in a handful of mega-corporations. These fights are not concentrated only in film/TV and streaming. Our colleagues and comrades in broadcast news and online media are fighting the same fights, often for the same bosses.
Erica Saleh, running for a second term, wrote: “I know that our Guild can often feel episodic-TV-centric, especially when it comes to the MBA. We need to fight for the issues unique to Comedy Variety and Feature writers and not let them be dismissed as fringe issues. It should be a priority to educate all of our members about the issues facing all of our members, so that we can be unified—and stronger—in all of our fights together.
Pilato said in his campaign statement that “News members work long, hard hours to get stories right. We’re professionals and deserve decent pay and benefits. With an administration that’s a friend of labor, one would hope changes would come to help every member of the Writers Guild East – changes in labor law enforcement, net neutrality and health care.
Nelko said, “In recent years, a recurring theme has been cropping up from the company side of the bargaining tables: how we are no longer in the business of ‘broadcasting,’ and in fact not even doing ‘television’ or ‘radio’ anymore. During our last ABC negotiation, we were reminded time and again that we are, in essence, technological dinosaurs. Allow me to put this myth to rest right here and right now.
Godvik said she wants the guild to be “forward thinking and to look at where the industry is going to best to equip our current and future members for those jobs and the challenges that come with them. I’m so proud of how our union worked together to forge a path forward to make sure members in all work areas are well represented.”
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