Directors Back In The Labor Spotlight As DGA Deal Ruffles Feathers In Hollywood

By Katie Campione, Dominic Patten
January 26, 2024 4:25pm

The Hollywood labor community is up in arms again after the Directors Guild of America (DGA) made a number of retroactive additions to its film & TV contract with the studios.

The deal, which was revealed yesterday and gives directors a streaming performance bonus that matches that of the writers, has sown more discontent across town.

Sources tell Deadline that other guild leadership was blindsided by the move, which came more than six months after the DGA struck its original deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

It also would have required both parties to agree to return to the bargaining table, a move that was kept incredibly quiet.

FULL story: https://deadline.com/2024/01/directors-contract-revisions-hollywood-labor-reactions-wga-sag-1235806283/