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Garden Slate Productions Reaches First Union Contract With WGA East
It comes more than two years after workers at the unscripted production company unionized with the WGAE.
The company has struck a deal with the Writers Guild of America East ( WGAE) that will include immediate raises for production assistants and increased health benefits for staff. One of the other areas of interest was the fact that the WGAE and Garden Slate Productions reached rehire protection language that the former calls “groundbreaking” as it addresses the issue of frequent short-term employment contracts. The company is run by Maggie Barnes and Brett Stolnick, who said in a statement that they are “pleased” to have reach an agreement with the “WGAE that reflects our long-standing commitment to providing leading wages and benefits, as well as a collegial and supportive work environment, to our valued employees”.
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