WGA Deal Includes $320 Million to Shore up Health Plan

WGA deal includes $320 million to shore up health plan

After less than a month of negotiations, the Writers Guild of America has approved a tentative deal with Hollywood's film and TV studios. The WGA recently revealed the details of the deal.

WGA Reveals Details Of Its Studio Deal:

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 pay a record $321M into the WGA health plan. In exchange, as we exclusively reported in December, the wr…

Writers Guild Releases Tentative Agreement With AMPTP, Including $280 Million in Studio Health Plan Contributions

The Writers Guild of America has released its memorandum of agreement for a four-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which will now go to members for ratification. “Our most significant accomplishment was restoring our health plan to a sustainable path after facing severe pressure from industry contraction and runaway healthcare cost inflation,” guild leadership said in a memo to members. “The companies ag…

Writers Guild Reveals Details of Four-Year Deal: A $321M Health Plan Infusion, Higher Residuals and AI Licensing Language

The Writers Guild of America on Wednesday disclosed the details of the four-year deal they reached with studios and streamers the previous weekend.

What’s in the WGA Deal: $321 Million in Health Funding, Higher Premiums, Better Residuals, More AI Meetings

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 of the four-year contract reached by the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over the weekend. The boards of WGA East …