And so it begins
WGA v. AMPTP, Round One:
The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced in a joint statement that talks on a new three-year contract would begin Thursday. The guild’s current contract expires May 1.
How about these negotiating points:
WGA negotiators also want to curb cost-cutting practices, such as “sweepstakes pitching,” when multiple writers are pitted against one another for jobs, and “one-step” deals, in which writers are paid for the first draft of a script and are no longer offered a fee for subsequent drafts, as they had been in the past.
Snowball? Meet Hell.
I doubt if current events in Wisconsin will have any impact on negotiations in Hollywood, but I certainly hope there’s no work stoppage.
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