The parties finalized the framework of the agreement on Sunday when they were able to resolve their differences over artificial intelligence.
The writers’ union reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to end its strike in hollywood after almost five months. The sides finalized the framework of the agreement on Sunday when they were able to resolve their impasse over artificial intelligence and newsroom staffing levels.
“The WGA and AMPTP have reached a provisional agreement”the parties said in a joint statement.
“We have reached a tentative agreement on a new MBA for 2023, that is, an agreement in principle on all points of the agreement, subject to the drafting of the final text of the contract,” the WGA told its members in a statement, which It came just after sunset and the start of the Yom Kippur holiday, when many had seen the deadline to close the deal after five days of lengthy negotiations.
Details of the WGA’s tentative agreement have not been released, but the guild will reveal them before member ratification votes.
The steps to follow in the agreement between scriptwriters and producers
The next steps in the process will see the WGA negotiating committee led by Ellen Stutzman vote on “whether to recommend the deal and send it to the WGAW Board and WGAE Council for approval” in votes tentatively scheduled for Tuesday. said the union last night. Another vote by the respective board and council could lift the strike “restraining order” and allow scribes to “return to work during the ratification vote,” a big deal for both the WGA and the studios. Pending those votes, the WGA told its members that it is still on strike, but that all picketing is hereby suspended.
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