WGA Deal Pumps $321M into Health Fund, Uplifts Residuals, and AI Talks
The Writers Guild of America struck a four-year agreement with AMPTP that injects $321 million into the health fund to shore up coverage amid rising costs, boosts streaming residuals (with a higher 75% “success bonus” for top shows), raises minimum rates, and adds an AI-usage framework while preserving most staffing terms; writers will face higher premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs, a reform of extended coverage, a new Centivo option, and a higher earnings threshold for coverage, with ratification votes running April 16–24.
