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 us as not exactly the right lesson to take away from 2023,” WGA West negotiating committee co-chair Danielle Sanchez-Witzel told Deadline during a conversation with leadership Tuesday afternoon.
In less than a week, WGA West leadership and their counterparts at the WGA East will enter the first bargaining cycle with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers since its membership struck for 148 days to achieve its last contract in 2023. As has been reported for months and was confirmed by the WGA’s pattern of demands last week, addressing funding deficits in the
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