After an additional day of bargaining, the Motion Picture Editors Guild reached a preliminary deal with the studios. IATSE Local 700 finished up bargaining on craft-specific issues Friday, becoming the ninth of 13 west coast studio locals to wrap up talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. “We debated proposals and priorities; …
Another IATSE local has a tentative deal with the studios. Local 871 — which represents a range of workers including script supervisors, teleprompter operators, production coordinators, script coordinators, and writers room assistants — has finalized its negotiations with the AMPTP, according to the union. That makes seven locals that have now wrapped local-specific talks with …
The rapidity and secrecy with which these guilds have come to agreements with the AMPTP should arouse the greatest suspicion and doubt on the part of IATSE members.
The 2023 Television Animation Agreement and the 2023 Basic Cable Animation Agreement will last three years and provide strong protections around the use of AI as well as a 7% wage increase that applies retroactively to July 1, 2023.