Grizzled old negotiators inside the entertainment business know what the term "pattern bargaining" means: the first labor organization into the new contract cycle gets to mark off the field for unions that follow. The Directors Guild of America, first union up in the new round of negotiations, has now done some marking:
Just in time for the holidays, the DGA and management’s AMPTP have reached an agreement on terms for a new three-year film and TV contract. Details of the deal aren’t being released until after it’s been seen by the guild’s national board. The two sides began talks on Dec. 5 and wrapped on the eve of Christmas Eve. The DGA’s current three-year contract runs through June 30, 2017, but the guild is famous for starting — and finishing — negotiations well in advance of the expiration of its major contracts. ...
Nobody knows what the new deal is, but breaths are no doubt bated all over town.
There is New Media, there are wage increases. There are pension benefits and health benefits and nobody yet knows (outside of hte bargaining parties) what the details are. New Media is going to be a BIG deal in every contract over the next two years.
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