The Directors Guild of America has voted on a tentative deal that would avoid taking strike action. Variety reports that the DGA arrived at a tentative three-year labour deal with the Hollywood studios and streamers after what the outlet describes as “a bruising skirmish.” In a statement, the DGA’s negotiating committee lauded the deal reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers as “a historic new three-year collective bargaining agreement.” The deal will be put to a vote on Tuesday. READ MORE: Writers Strike Looks To Be A Long Fight, As Hollywood Braces “We have concluded a truly historic deal,” said Jon Avnet, chair of the DGA’s negotiations committee. “It provides significant improvements for every director, assistant director, unit production manager, associate director and stage manager in our guild.
In these negotiations we made advances on wages, streaming residuals, safety, creative rights and diversity, as well as securing essential protections for our members on new key issues like artificial intelligence — ensuring DGA members will not be replaced by technological advances.” “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,” added DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. READ MORE: Snoop Dogg Seemingly Sponsors Writers Guild Protest And Postpones Summer Concerts Amid Ongoing Strike According to Variety, highlights of the deal include increases in wages and benefits, an increase in worldwide streaming residuals (and more transparency in how those residuals are calculated), and an agreement that directors won’t be replaced by AI.
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