The Writers Guild Staff Union touted raises of 12 percent over the next three years and provisions in layoff procedures.

The Writers Guild of America West has reached a tentative deal with its staff union to end a lengthy strike, which became an unwanted distraction during negotiations with the major studios. The Writers Guild Staff Union announced that the deal includes minimum 12% raises over the three-year term, as well as an increased salary floor […]

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Nolan, it’s your turn up at bat. The DGA boss and his union are now the final major Hollywood guild not to make a deal with the studios and streamers, as SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP today have reached an agreement on a new contract, we hear. No one has made it official yet, […]

The WGA West accused its own staffers on Tuesday of engaging in violence and intimidation on picket lines, and said it would not negotiate further as the staff strike hit 71 days. In a memo to members, the top officers of the guild said that picketers had called writers “scabs” for crossing a line to […]

Members of the screenwriters union overwhelmingly ratified a four-year agreement with Hollywood studios and streamers on Friday, bringing an end to a surprisingly smooth and quick process that brought a prolonged strike the last time around.

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The term of the latest minimum basic agreement (MBA) will run from May 2, 2026 to May 1, 2030.

It’s official: The Writers Guild of America has a shiny new four-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Members approved the contract with 90.38% (or 4,282 votes) in favor. That left 9.62% (or 456 votes) opposed. Notably, this is much lower than the vote turnout from 2023, when nearly 9,000 votes […]

The Writers Guild of America has ratified a four-year contract with the major studios, agreeing to significant cutbacks in the writers’ health plan. The guild’s members ratified the 2026 MBA with 90.38% (4,282) voting in favor, and 9.62% (456) voting no. The term of the MBA is from May 2 through May 1, 2030. Under […]

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Gene Maddaus details the Writers Guild of America’s four-year contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that will be sent out to members for a ratification vote on April 16. This time around, the guild’s focus was all about shoring up its health […]

Writing careers in film and TV are uneven. A lucrative year can be followed by a year with no work at all, or at least, no paid work. Residuals are one way that writers sustain themselves. And since 2000, the Writers Guild of America has also had a “points” system that allows them to maintain […]

The Writers Guild of America has secured a new four-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that represents most major studios like Disney and WBD, but also streaming services like Netflix and Amazon, which includes a record contribution of 321 million dollars to stabilize the union’s health fund. The agreement, reached […]

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The Writers Guild of America has reached a deal with the studios, but most of the staff of its West local remains on strike. In a letter on Wednesday, California Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas urged the guild to bring an end to the 51-day work stoppage. “Every day this strike continues is a day the Guild […]

After securing the confidence of their boards of directors, the Writers Guild of America East and West on Wednesday revealed the details of the new tentative agreement with the studios and streamers, including the plan to reestablish the solvency of the union health plan. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has agreed to […]

TV and film writers will be paying more for their health care in a deal with the major studios unveiled Wednesday by the Writers Guild of America. In return, the studios will kick in $321 million — a record sum — to keep the writers’ health fund solvent. The health plan changes are the centerpiece […]

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SAG-AFTRA will resume its negotiations with the major studios on April 27, thanks to an early agreement with the Writers Guild of America. The performers’ union broke off talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on March 15. The two sides had been at the table for five weeks at that point, […]

It’s officially official: The Writers Guild of America has agreed to a tentative new four-year contract with the studios and streamers, said the Greg Hessinger-led Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the guild tonight. The shocker deal, which was on very few people’s Holy Week and/or Passover bingo card, could prove transformative for […]

Tensions are starting to boil over between the Writers Guild of America West and its striking staffers, who have been without paychecks for going on six weeks. The Writers Guild Staff Union has been picketing outside SAG-AFTRA headquarters, where the WGA is holding negotiations with the major studios. On Thursday morning, many of the staffers […]

Although the Hollywood strikes in the Season 3 premiere of The Comeback are fake, the support was absolutely real. While visiting Deadline’s SXSW Studio last weekend, the cast and creators of the HBO show had a laugh about the mass confusion they incited while re-creating the 2023 Hollywood strikes for a scene in front of […]

Paramount CEO David Ellison told California lawmakers his commitment to keep Par and Warner Bros. separate and to produce a combined 30 films a year if they merge will help support sustained job creation across the film and creative industries. In a letter to Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Laura Friedman obtained by Deadline, he […]

Scabby the Rat and about a dozen members of the Writers Guild Staff Union are still outside SAG-AFTRA headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard this afternoon as inside the WGA and the studios wrapped up their first day of contract talks. “What do we want?,” a throng of striking staffers chanted earlier Monday starting around 11:30 am […]

The Writers Guild of America began its talks with the major studios on Monday, as its striking staff members picketed outside. The talks were held at SAG-AFTRA headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard. Shortly before noon, the Writers Guild Staff Union marched a few blocks from WGA West headquarters to set up a picket line. They also […]

The Writers Guild of America West has sweetened its offer to the 110-member staff union that has been on strike since mid-February. But with only a couple of days left before the WGA begins its negotiations with the major studios on a new Minimum Basic Agreement, the two sides have still not resolved their differences. […]

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Gene Maddaus offers an update on the contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the major studios and streamers. The Writers Guild of America is next up at the table starting March 16. Will SAG-AFTRA have a deal by week’s end? Maddaus dives into the issues and circumstances influencing the […]

The Writers Guild of America went on strike three years ago in large part out of fears of writers being replaced by artificial intelligence. That has not happened — whether due to copyright issues, or because AI doesn’t write well, or because of protections the WGA won in the strike. But last fall, Disney allowed […]

Like the DGA, the Writers Guild of America West doesn’t seem inclined to accept longer contract cycles with the major studios any time soon. “I think, in this period of significant change, the notion of talking less or putting more years in between when the companies address changes and the needs of the workers strikes […]

The 2026 Writers Guild of America Awards celebrated some of the most prominent screenwriting achievements of the past year, with Sinners and One Battle After Another coming up as major winners. Held on Sunday at the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan, the ceremony honored outstanding writing in film, television, and digital media. Sinners, One Battle After […]

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With negotiations a week away for its new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the Writers Guild of America has released its pattern of demands. On Friday, the WGA detailed multiple objectives for its upcoming minimum basic agreement with the AMPTP, which was approved by 97.4% of voting guild members, including […]

The members of the Writers Guild of America have voted to approve an agenda for bargaining with the studios, which is set to begin on March 16. With 97.4% voting in favor, the union approved a “pattern of demands” that focuses on health care, compensation, and artificial intelligence, among other issues. The WGA has already […]