Striking writers react to DGA pre-deal with studios and stream

On issues including protection against the use of "mini-rooms" and "gap", the WGA still has a number of proposals that will not be affected by the Directors Guild's deal with AMPTP.
 
As the Writers Guild enters its second calendar month of strike, a key alliance in the fight to increase balances, wages and AI protection has struck a deal with the Motion Picture and Television Producers Alliance.
 
In the tentative agreement, which will be submitted to the National Council for approval Tuesday, the Directors Guild of America spent all day Saturday at the table and reached a tentative agreement with AMPTP just before midnight Sunday. Under the three-year deal, the 19,000-strong guild is receiving a pay raise and benefits, an increase in residual global streaming revenue, and protection from the use of artificial intelligence in what sources say was the latest stumbling block in a deal that was struck less than a month later. month. negotiations with AMPTP. The current DGA contract, like the SAG-AFTRA contract, expires on June 30th. The actors department currently has members who vote to sanction a strike if its negotiating committee calls for it.