WGA Reveals Details Of Its Studio Deal: Health Plan Takes Precedence As Writers Hold The Line On Other Key Issues

Source: Deadline

By Katie Campione

Katie Campione
Senior TV & Labor Reporter

After securing the confidence of their boards of directors, the Writers Guild of America East and West on Wednesday revealed the details of the new tentative agreement with the studios and streamers, including the plan to reestablish the solvency of the union health plan.

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has agreed to pay a record $321 million into the WGA health plan. In exchange, as we exclusively reported in December, the writers will tack another year onto the contract. If ratified later this month, the 2026 minimum basic agreement will span four years — a concession that is sure to ruffle feathers with the other above-the-line unions.

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has agreed to pay a record $321 million into the WGA health plan. In exchange, as we exclusively reported in December, the writers will tack another year onto the contract. If ratified later this month, the 2026 minimum basic agreement will span four years — a concession that is sure to ruffle feathers with the other above-the-line unions.

In addition to the increases in employer contribution to the health plan, WGA leadership also wrote to members in a memo that they had “negotiated necessary plan changes, effective in 2027, adhering to goals of preserving choice and keeping out-of-pocket costs for writers as manageable as possible.”


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