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 were cast in favor of that deal with a 99% overall approval. The guild has more than 11,000 members.
The fact that the writers have a ratified deal before the other two above-the-line unions, SAG-AFTRA and the DGA, have even wrapped talks is quite a turn of events after 2023’s fraught bargaining cycle. In fact, DGA doesn’t even start talks until May. The WGA was actually second in line to negotiate with the studios, but SAG-AFTRA extended its own deal talks after bumping up against writer talks in March. The actors will resume bargaining
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