The MBA is the collective bargaining agreement that covers most of the work done by WGA writers. If you have questions regarding the application or interpretation of its provisions, contact the ...

The Guild’s MBA sets minimum weekly pay for writer-producers working on an episodic series, but compensation can be negotiated as a payment per episode (“episodic fee”). When that happens, how can you ...

Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on "A Soldier's Story" by Omar H. Bradley and "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago ...

Los Angeles – Iconic screenwriter and director David Lynch—writer of Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Mulholland Drive (2001), and more—has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of ...

Los Angeles and New York – The members of Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) have ratified a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television ...

Most MBA minimums increased by 5% on September 25, 2023, and will increase another 4% on 5/2/2024 and 3.5% on 5/2/2025. Some minimums and rates increase less, mostly by 3% each year, while a few rates ...

Over the past decade, deregulation and the growing dominance of streaming video have laid the groundwork for a media landscape where just three companies—Disney, Amazon, and Netflix—are poised to be ...

Los Angeles, CA – Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) released a new report detailing how deregulation and the growing dominance of streaming have laid the groundwork for a media landscape where ...

The Board of Directors will consider requests from individuals or companies to be removed from the Strike/Unfair List. In such cases, the Board will examine the facts and circumstances concerning the ...

Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on "A Soldier's Story" by Omar H. Bradley and "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago ...

Los Angeles – Following the unanimous recommendation of the WGA Negotiating Committee, the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Council of the Writers Guild of ...

If you are currently displaced by the fires and need financial assistance, WGAW Good & Welfare emergency assistance loans are available. In this time of crisis, the Guild will expedite this assistance ...