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WGA Reaches Tentative Deal With PBS, Avoiding Impending Work Stoppage
The writers at PBS were able to secure a new tentative deal with PBS as of Friday, the guild said
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. “THIRTEEN, GBH, and PBS SoCal are pleased to have reached an agreement with WGA East,” the member stations said in a joint statement Friday.
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