The DGA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP late Saturday night, likely staving off a strike.
As in any negotiation, no side gets everything they want, but a tentative agreement was reached late Saturday night in the case of the Directors Guild of America versus the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The talks have likely staved off a strike.
A press release describes the tentative agreement between the DGA and the AMPTP as “achieving historic breakthroughs on key global, economic, creative rights, and safety issues.”
Formal negotiations between the DGA’s 80-member Negotiations Committee and the AMPTP began Wednesday, May 10. The terms of the historic new three-year collective bargaining agreement will be submitted to the DGA’s National Board for approval at a special board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 6. Details of the tentative agreement will be released after the agreement has been submitted to the Board.
Per the statement, talks led to “major breakthroughs in addressing the international growth of the entertainment industry and makes significant gains across key economic and creative rights while reaffirming the critical role of DGA directors and their teams.”
“This deal recognizes the future of our industry is global and respects the unique and essential role of directors and their teams as we move into that future,” said Lesli Linka Glatter, President of the DGA. “As each new technology brings about major change, this deal ensures that each of the DGA’s 19,000 members can share in the success we all create together. The unprecedented gains in this deal are a credit to the excellent work, tenacity and preparation of our Negotiations Committee. I am so proud of the phenomenal leadership and dedication of Negotiations Chair Jon Avnet, Co-Chairs Karen Gaviola and Todd Holland and our Chief Negotiator, National Executive Director Russ Hollander, and our more than 80-member Negotiations Committee.
