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The WGA has detailed its plans to target Apple to coincide with its Worldwide Developers Conference. As Deadline revealed earlier today, the writers guild is planning action against the tech giant on Monday June 5. It has now sent members a list of targets where its members will be leafleting (see…

SAG-AFTRA, which begins negotiations for a new contract on Wednesday, said today that its bargaining strategy remains unchanged in the wake of the tentative deal made last night by the Directors Guild and the studios. “Our bargaining strategy has never relied upon nor been dependent on the outcome or…

The Writers Guild is congratulating the Directors Guild on achieving a tentative agreement on a new film and TV contract but says its strike will continue unabated and that its own bargaining positions "remain the same" as at the start of the strike on May 2. Related Story DGA Deal On Ne…

UPDATED: Reaction is coming in after the Directors Guild and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached a tentative deal on a new three-year contract late Saturday night. Striking writers express some disappointment in their sister union while showing resolve in their own fight for a fair…

The Writers Guild wants to take a bite out of Apple. Deadline has confirmed that the guild plans to bring its monthlong strike to the front door of streamer Apple TV+ on Monday. In a deft move, the WGA action at Apple HQ in Cupertino, CA, dovetails with the kickoff of the Tim Cook-led company’s 2023…

The Directors Guild's tentative agreement with the studios for a new film and TV contract, reached late last night, eliminated the prospect of an unprecedented WGA, DGA and SAG-AFTRA three-guild strike which would’ve paralyzed the film and TV industry. It also likely won’t bring the labor peace the…

The Directors Guild and the studios have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. The deal includes wage increases and “a 76% increase in foreign residuals for the largest platforms,” says the DGA. The pact, which also addresses AI, comes on the 33rd day of the Writers Guild…

The voice of the WGA was represented loudly in Austin at the ATX TV Festival with various panels informing attendees about the issues of most importance to writers in the stalled negotiations with studios, like AI and staffing minimums—a set minimum number of writers that a series has to employ—as well as…

A group of high-profile writers including Julie Plec and new Station 19 showrunner Zoanne Clack opened up about the WGA strike and the main issues surrounding the walkout at the ATX Television Festival. "We're mad," said the The Vampire Diaries co-creator, who was speaking at the panel session…

One month into the writers strike, there's little for a bystander to add about the issues, prospects or relative staying power of the opponents. Deadline's reporters and contributors have done an admirable job on that score. But having intensively covered two prior such strikes, in 1988 and in 2007…

Los Angeles City Councilmembers representing Hollywood introduced a resolution on Friday in support of the striking workers, and calling on the studios to return to the bargaining table to meet workers' demands. "This is a fight for the future of Hollywood," said Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez…

WGA negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser issued a clarion call to members and supporters earlier today. “When you walk in circles in front of every studio in town,” he tells the guild's members in the clip (watch it below), “you are carrying with you a cause that is larger than just us and…