Writers Guild West & East Issue Demands

The Writers Guild of America West and East have sent out a "Wish List" summation of their goals for the upcoming negotiations with the major studios. Here is the missive sent to membership:

To Our Fellow Members, Approval of a Pattern of Demands is a constitutionally-required step as we prepare to negotiate a new Minimum Basic Agreement (the current contract expires on May 1, 2011). The Pattern does not detail specific proposals that will be made during negotiations but is designed to inform the memberships of our two Guilds of the general objectives we will pursue. We are writing to ask for your support in the form of a YES vote in favor of the enclosed Pattern of Demands. This Pattern comes to you unanimously recommended by our Negotiating Committee and is presented for membership approval by the WGA West?s Board and the WGA East?s Council. Your sacrifices during the last negotiation and the WGA?s 100-day strike led to historic advances in the areas of new media residuals and jurisdiction over writing for new media. While there is no such single galvanizing issue in the current negotiation cycle, this does not mean there is a lack of important objectives to be achieved in the upcoming negotiations. The new MBA must address the long term financial stability of the WGA Pension Plan and Health Fund, provide increases in our wages and improve working conditions. These objectives, and a number of others, are reflected in the enclosed Pattern. The Pattern of Demands is the result of ... Read More »

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/writers-guild-lays-out-demands-is-this-saber-rattling/

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