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Monday, March 28, 2011

WGA directors send contract to members for a vote...

The Writers Guild of America board of directors has uanimously endorsed a proposed three-year contract for its 12,000 members.

The guild said Friday that directors had voted to send the tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to members for a ratification vote, which will be conducted by mail and also at membership meetings next month.

The proposed contract negotiated on Sunday includes a 20% increase in pay-TV residuals, a 2% increase in annual wage rates and an increase in employer pension contributions to 7.5% from 6%, according a letter the WGA sent to its 12,000 members Sunday night. Negotiations to replace the current contract, which expires May 1, began March 3.

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Industry News: Key Provision of the DGA 2011-14 Contract

While the new DGA contract waits for likely member ratification, these changes will impact our budgets:

* HEALTH PLAN. Employers will contribute an additional 1.5% of compensation to the Health Plan, for a total of 10%. Together with the 5.5% contributed to the Pension Plan, Employers will now be contributing 15.5% of total compensation to the Health and Pension Plans. ***** Employers will make contributions to the Health Plan on Vacation Pay and Completion of Assignment Pay. ***** The cap on Health Plan contributions for Unit Production Managers employed on theatrical motion pictures will increase from $250,000 to $350,000.

* WAGE INCREASE. The standard rate increase for minimum salaries and residuals bases will be 2% in each year of the contract.

* BASIC CABLE. A new, higher compensation tier will be established to compensate DGA Directors working on high-budget basic cable dramatic programming.

* TRAVEL. The DGA will have the same changes in its travel provisions as SAG and AFTRA.

* TERM. The agreement is for three years, from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014.

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Industry News: DGA Approves Three-Year Film and TV Contract...

January 19, 2011

SAG and AFTRA approved their contract last week, but the WGA, with a May 1 expiration, has not yet set talks.
The DGA membership on Tuesday ratified a new motion picture and television deal with the AMPTP. Percentages and the number of ballots returned were not disclosed. The tentative deal was reached last month and endorsed by the union's board.

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•LaborThe 3-year pact takes effect July 1. As previously reported, it includes 2% annual wage increases, a one-time 1.5% increase in employer contributions to the pension and health plans and as a shift from first-class air travel to new rules favoring business class and coach.

The agreement also provides for a new, higher compensation tier for directors working on high-budget basic cable dramatic programming. The tier builds on an improvement the DGA received in the previous round of negotiations, when it achieved an outsized increase in director's compensation on high-budget basic cable for series in the second and subsequent seasons.

In a statement, DGA president Taylor Hackford said: "The extraordinarily positive response by DGA members demonstrates their support for the new contract. I'm proud of what this guild has achieved and pleased to see the strength and unity of our membership as illustrated by this vote."

As with the SAG/AFTRA deal, there were no significant changes in new media. SAG/AFTRA achieved a revision in the definition of "covered performer," but this was a minor and actor-specific modification.

Negotiations chair Gil Cates underscored the guild's focus this negotiating cycle on health insurance issues. "Protecting the health benefits of DGA members, retirees and their families was our top negotiating priority and remains one of the most important things we do as a guild. The new contract will provide for a more equitable, sustainable way of providing health benefits for our members."

Negotiations with the AMPTP began Nov. 16 and concluded Dec. 7. Talks were led by Cates and DGA national executive director Jay Roth.

For the first time, the DGA deal also includes residuals for associate directors on multicamera primetime dramatic series. Those ADs were previously known as technical coordinators.

The DGA said the agreement also includes provisions addressing diversity. creative rights and issues arising from changing production patterns including development services, long hours for assistant directors and the employment of unit production managers.

The current SAG, AFTRA and DGA contracts expire on June 30. The WGA contract expires two months earlier, on May 1, but no talks have been scheduled yet.

That's generating concern that the WGA may not schedule negotiations until March and engage in a brinksmanship strategy in order to seek improvements in areas that SAG/AFTRA did not, such as certain new media and basic cable provisions. The WGA has identified both those areas as priorities as well as pension and health improvements and workplace issues such as "a deteriorating pitching process."

An ambitious "Pattern of Demands" – an outline of negotiating priorities – is out to WGA members for their approval. It's due back by Jan. 24.

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Industry News: Actors ratify new three-year contract...

January 16, 2011

Actors ratify new three-year contract

Members of Hollywood's two actors' unions voted to overwhelmingly support a new three-year contract that provides modest pay raises and higher contributions to their health and pension plans.

The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Friday night that the film and TV contract was approved by a 94%-to-6% margin in a national vote, a strong endorsement of an agreement the unions reached with the studios in November after negotiations began Sept. 27, nearly nine months before the current contract expires.

About a quarter of the 137,437 members who received ballots cast their votes.

The ratification was widely expected and echoed a similar show of support from the boards of both unions last month. The contract provides 2% annual pay raises and a 10% increase in the rate of employer contributions to the unions' health and pension plans, a top priority for the unions. The new agreement takes effect July 1.

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Industry News: SAG-AFTRA Approve Three-year Film and TV Contract...

January 15, 2011

The DGA is expected to approve its contract soon as well, but the WGA, with a May 1 expiration, has not yet set talks.
The combined SAG and AFTRA membership ratified a new motion picture and television deal with the AMPTP today by a healthy margin of 93.52 percent to 6.48 percent. The tentative deal was reached in November, and endorsed by the unions' boards last month.
The new three-year pact takes effect July 1, 2011. As previously reported, it includes 2% annual wage increases and a one-time 1.5% increase in employer contributions to the pension and health plans, as well as a shift from first-class air travel to new rules favoring business class and coach.
Screen Actors Guild President Ken Howard said, "The success of the referendum is a huge boon for members in terms of pension and healthcare contributions."
AFTRA President Roberta Reardon also stressed the importance of the gain in P&H, remarking "This ratification is a win for union members and it is a critical victory for our health and retirement plans."
Ballots were mailed to 137,437 members of AFTRA and SAG, of which 25.09 percent returned them, a fairly typical percentage.
The AMPTP issued a statement as well: "The ratification of the new contracts by SAG and AFTRA members is a vote of confidence in the agreements and in our mutual commitment to industry stability. "
Notably, the studio alliance also described the new agreements as "reflect[ing] the benefits of early negotiations."
Intentionally or not, that highlights the industry's unease surrounding the Writers Guild negotiations. That union's contract expires May 1, but no talks have been scheduled yet.
That's generating concern that the WGA may not schedule negotiations until March, and engage in a brinksmanship strategy in order to seek improvements in areas that SAG/AFTRA did not, such as certain new media and basic cable provisions. The WGA has identified both those areas as priorities, as well as pension and health improvements and workplace issues such as "a deteriorating pitching process."
An ambitious "Pattern of Demands" – an outline of negotiating priorities – is currently out to WGA members for their approval. It's due back by January 24.
Also in process is the DGA membership's vote on their tentative contract. The return date for that ballot has not been announced, but is expected to be sometime this month. Approval is anticipated.

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