The Directors Guild of America has reached a new three-year deal with Hollywood studios on Saturday Night Night that increases pay, hangovers, slashed back hours and more.
The chair of the 80-member DGA negotiation committee, Jon Avnet, said in a statement statement on the DGA website. “[The deal] It provides significant improvement to every director, assistant director, unit production director, associate director, and stage manager in our guild.”
The DGA began negotiations with the studios last month, amid an ongoing Writers Guild strike. Which can last until the end of summer. The current contract is set to expire on June 30. It is unclear what effect, if any, the temporary new agreement will have on striking writers.
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Highlights of the deal include “groundbreaking gains” in wages and benefits, a “significant increase” in tailings from subscription video-on-demand dramas and an “unprecedented reduction in the length of an assistant director’s day by one hour”.
In addition, the contract promises that managers cannot be replaced by AI – a point of contention for strikers.
The agreement affirms that “artificial intelligence is not a person and that generative AI cannot replace tasks performed by members,” the statement said.
The convention also made strides in more transparency about the hangover and “improvements in diversity and inclusion,” including adding Juneteenth, the federal holiday that commemorates black Americans’ liberation from slavery, as a paid holiday for DGA members.
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“This transaction recognizes that the future of our industry is global and respects the unique and essential role of managers and their teams as we navigate that future,” said DGA President Leslie Linka Glatter.
“Because every new technology makes a big difference, this deal ensures that each of the 19,000 DGA members can share in the success we are all creating together.”
According to the statement, the initial agreement will be submitted to the union’s National Council for approval during its board meeting on June 6. More details of the agreement will be provided at that time.
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