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WGA directors send contract to members for a vote

By Richard Verrier
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The Writers Guild of America board of directors has uanimously endorsed a proposed three-year contract for its 12,000 members.

The guild said Friday that directors had voted to send the tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to members for a ratification vote, which will be conducted by mail and also at membership meetings next month.

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The proposed contract negotiated on Sunday includes a 20% increase in pay-TV residuals, a 2% increase in annual wage rates and an increase in employer pension contributions to 7.5% from 6%, according a letter the WGA sent to its 12,000 members Sunday night. Negotiations to replace the current contract, which expires May 1, began March 3.

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Richard Verrier is investigations editor for Arts and Entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. He has been with The Times since 2001 and has run our Company Town since 2016. After stints at the St. Petersburg Times and the Orlando Sentinel in Florida, Verrier joined the paper as a reporter, and for many years covered all aspects of the entertainment industry before turning to editing. He oversees the Company Town coverage while working to guide and edit investigative and enterprise reporting across the entertainment team, collaborating with writers and editors from all departments. He is a native of Montreal and a graduate from the University of Toronto and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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