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Pay for television writers is not keeping up with industry profits, the WGA told its members Thursday in the guild's latest update on its proposals for a new film and TV contract. The talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers got underway May 18 after the guild's current contract, which had been…

UPDATED with more reactions: A 22-page industry white paper developed by the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee Task Force establishing protocols for a safe return to work "in an environment that minimizes the risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19″ was submitted to the governors of Los Angeles and New…

Lots of testing, protective gear, social distancing and coronavirus safety officers are at the heart of recommendations from Disney, Netflix, CBS and other top studios, Hollywood's leading guilds and producers to get the industry restarted from the pandemic that shut down production in March. “The Industry-Wide…

The WGA, in its ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract, is calling for the elimination of new-writer discounts and training program rates that have existed for years to encourage companies to hire female and minority directors. "These discounted minimums, currently found in the Minimum…

The WGA, in its ongoing negotiations for a new film and TV contract, is asking the companies for paid parental leave and greater safeguards against sexual harassment to make it easier for writers to balance the demands of family and work, and to be able to count on a workplace free of harassment. "In this negotiation…

Comedy-variety writers on subscriber-based streaming services are getting the short end of the shtick, according to the WGA, which says that "companies are free to pay writers as little as they can get away with, resulting in some of them not even earning enough over a season to qualify for WGA health insurance. In…

The WGA wants a piece of the foreign box office – a residual its members long have been denied when their feature films are shown overseas. "When residuals for feature films were first negotiated in 1960, the foreign box office was minuscule," the guild's negotiating committee said today in a message to members about…

The WGA has proposed a "tiered system of bonuses" to increase streaming residuals in its ongoing negotiations with management s AMPTP for a new film and TV contract. "In streaming, viewership equates to success for the companies," the guild's negotiating committee said today in its latest communique with members…

The WGA, which started negotiations for a new film and TV contract Monday, said today that it's seeking increased streaming residuals and added protections for the guild's benefit plans to prevent future pension cuts. On Wednesday, the guild said that it's also seeking across-the-board increases in script fees and mini…

In a message to their members as bargaining with the AMPTP begins today, the WGA said that the topics of the talks "will include streaming compensation and residuals, benefit contributions, inclusion and equity, workplace protections including against sexual harassment, and specific screenwriter, comedy-variety and TV…

As the WGA and management's Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers begin negotiations today for a new film and TV contract, the AMPTP said that its goal "is to reach a fair and reasonable agreement with writers that will provide much-needed stability as the industry recovers from the devastating impact of…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA and management's AMPTP could be close to wrapping up their negotiations for a new film and TV contract, though no deal is in place yet. Sources tell Deadline the companies are hopeful that an agreement can be reached before Monday, when the AMPTP will start contract talks with the WGA. SAG-AFTRA…