DGA negotiators tried to sell the deal to their members in one of several planned Zoom calls, even as some remained skeptical and planned to vote no: 'The leverage we had was historic and ... leadership squandered it.'
Guild negotiations team members acknowledged that the union did not get everything it wanted, including a guaranteed additional promotional run and expansion of the DGA’s jurisdiction beyond the U.S. and Canada, “but the things we didn’t get, we’ll get the next time around.”
One guild executive told members during the Zoom that the DGA doesn’t think it did anything to “hurt” the WGA and SAG-AFTRA negotiations still in progress, and the DGA hopes their own deal language will help them. “This is a great deal, just so everybody knows. You got amazing gains,” said one leader.a range of opinions on the deal. One “hyphenate” who is voting yes, said that “they did get some significant gains.
Others were harder on the pact. Calling the DGA a “Vichy guild,” another dual WGA-DGA member said that while the foreign residuals increase was solid, the annual pay increases did not make up for inflation and the union’s deal made during the 2020 COVID-era negotiations. The AI provision, meanwhile, seemed to this member like a “deal-breaker.” A third member who plans on voting no said, “We need to tie our compensation to the success of our work.
Director Peter Atencio admitted to “mixed feelings” but said he ultimately won’t vote to ratify the agreement. “There are huge gaps that need to be addressed. Chief among them is that we need to go back to being an industry that rewards performance and success, rather than the one-size-fits-all revenue model that we currently find ourselves going towards,” he said.
Added another hyphenate, “I think in any other negotiation cycle, it’s a solid deal. But it’s not ‘groundbreaking’ and it doesn’t meet the moment of our current situation.” Several other members contactedDGA members have until June 23 at 6 p.m. PT, about a week before their current contract expires, to vote to ratify or reject the pact with the AMPTP. The
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