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WGA Members Ratify Deal With PBS; Read The Terms – Update
The writers at PBS were able to secure a new tentative deal with PBS as of Friday, the guild said
All minimum rates will increase annually at the same percentage as the WGA ’s Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA): 3.5% upon ratification; 3% on July 1, 2025; July 1, 2026 to follow the 2026 MBA; The Companies clarified that they will pay writer-producers a writing fee separately from their producing fee; The Companies will contribute an additional .5% of covered earnings to the PWGA Health Fund and any PBS writer covered by WGA health benefits may take up to eight weeks of protected, paid parental leave ($2,000 per week), even if they are not currently working; The WGA now covers animated programs over 5 minutes in length made for TV and new media. The union announced the new Public Television Freelance Agreement Friday, hours after the current contract expiration, which could have led to a strike if the parties hadn’t been able to hammer out a new one in time. This week, Deadline revealed that more than 200 PBS animation writers signed a pledge of solidarity, promising not to cross their colleagues’ picket line.
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