SC33 - Sidecast: There’s a Deal!
Scriptnotes Podcast
John August
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
After 146 days on the picket line, the WGA has reached a tentative deal with the AMPTP. John walks through the very exciting email that was sent out to members, outlining what it means, what happens next, and reflects on how far we’ve come.
Links:
- Summary of Negotiations: WGA proposals and AMPTP responses
- SAG-AFTRA Picket Schedule and Locations
- Strike Rules FAQ
- Find more about the 2023 WGA negotiations here at WGAContract2023.org
- John on Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon
- Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and welcome. My name is John August. My name is Drew Marquardt, and this is a script |
| 0:06.1 | note sidecast, a short episode about one thing, which tonight could only be about the email |
| 0:11.8 | that just showed up in WGA member emails. Drew, I forwarded to you. I saw it. I got it. |
| 0:18.5 | Yeah, I almost don't believe it's real. It's incredibly exciting. Yeah, I saw I drafted |
| 0:21.8 | the email earlier on, and I just kept rereading. It feels real when it's finally in an email. |
| 0:27.2 | This episode is honestly going to be mostly me reading an email, but it's a really good email. |
| 0:31.9 | And Lister's often remind us that if they're not in a guild and so they don't get these emails, |
| 0:36.8 | so they don't get the actual scoop that members would get in their inbox. So let me be your inbox |
| 0:42.3 | tonight. I'll start by just reading through this email. Subject, negotiations update, |
| 0:48.4 | tentative agreement. Dear members, we have reached a tentative agreement on a new 2023 MBA, |
| 0:55.6 | which is to say an agreement in principle on all deal points subject to drafting final contract |
| 1:01.0 | language. What we have won in this contract, most particularly everything we have gained since |
| 1:06.1 | May 2nd, is due to the willingness of this membership to exercise its power, to demonstrate |
| 1:11.4 | its solidarity, to walk side by side, to endure the pain and uncertainty of the past 146 days. |
| 1:18.8 | It is the leverage generated by your strike in concert with the extraordinary support of our |
| 1:23.4 | union siblings that finally brought the companies back to the table to make a deal. |
| 1:27.8 | We can say with great pride that this deal is exceptional, with meaningful gains and protections |
| 1:32.8 | for writers in every sector of the membership. What remains now is for our staff to make sure |
| 1:38.2 | that everything we have agreed to is codified in final contract language. And though we are |
| 1:43.4 | eager to share the details of what has been achieved with you, we cannot do that until the last |
| 1:47.6 | eye is dotted. To do so would complicate our ability to finish the job. So as you have been |
| 1:53.3 | patient with us before, we ask you to be patient again one last time. Once the memorandum of agreement |
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