Directors promise fight with studios over pay and safety in contract talks
LA TimesHollywood’s directors have given studios their first warning that they face a fight over pay next year. The Directors Guild of America, which has more than 19,000 members, promised they would battle producers for higher streaming residuals, wage increases as well as improved safety measures in the next round of contract negotiations. “This promises to be an extremely challenging negotiating environment — one of the most difficult and complicated we have faced in many years,” the DGA’s negotiations chair Jon Avnet and National Executive Director Russell Hollander said in a statement. Among their top priorities, union leaders said they want to increase the residuals they receive from streaming platforms based on “real world, global values”; push for higher wages that account for inflation; secure the union’s health and pension plans; and boost protections for television directors. SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America will also be in talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers next year to secure new contracts.
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