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Writers Strike: Tentative Deal Reached Between WGA and AMPTP

Ashley Bissette Sumerel News

After many long months of striking, there is finally some good news for TV and Film writers. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has fought hard to get what they deserve, from fair wages and properly staffed writers rooms, to rules regarding the use of AI.

On Sunday evening, WGA announced they had reached a tentative agreement with The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), pending final contract language. 

“We have reached a tentative agreement on a new 2023 MBA, which is to say an agreement in principle on all deal points, subject to drafting final contract language,” says the WGA Negotiating Committee in a statement to members.

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LOS ANGELES, May 3rd, 2019: Daytime exterior close up of the WGA Writers Guild of America building at the corner of Fairfax and Third Street, against a blue sky with white clouds. (Photo credit: Shutterstock)

“What we have won in this contract—most particularly, everything we have gained since May 2nd—is due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power, to demonstrate its solidarity, to walk side-by-side, to endure the pain and uncertainty of the past 146 days. It is the leverage generated by your strike, in concert with the extraordinary support of our union siblings, that finally brought the companies back to the table to make a deal,” the statement continues.

“We can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional—with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership.”

The statement from WGA goes on to ask its members to continue to be patient as they make sure everything they have agreed to has been codified in final contract language. They ask that writers do not go back to work unit they hear that everything has been finalized, and note that WGA is still on strike until everything has been finalized.

They are, however, suspending picketing, and ask that their members consider joining SAG-AFTRA on the picket lines this week instead.

You can read the full statement from the WGA here.

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Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.