We now have tremendous momentum as we approach the MBA in 2023.
We are to be taken seriously and feared and heading into 2023, we need to be.
I believe that power was crucial in giving us what leverage we had in the 2020 MBA negotiation.
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I worked my behind off on the agency campaign, and I am proud of our win.
Although what we were able to gain from the companies was substantial given the circumstances (paid parental leave!
), it turns out that our most critical issues were left unaddressed until next years negotiation.
But the agency campaign also showed that the guild is willing to compromise.
Information sharing is essential to advancing the interests of writers, both as individuals and collectively.
Median weekly writer-producer pay has declined 4% over the last decade.
Adjusting for inflation, the decline is 23%.
