WGA West Staff Reaches Tentative Deal With Management

The WGA West appears to have finally reached a tentative agreement with its staff union.

The Writers Guild Staff Union said on Friday that they’d reached a deal on their first union contract with their employers after nearly three months on the picket line. Now, the agreement will be put to the full 115-member bargaining unit for ratification.

Deadline has reached out to the WGA West for comment.

Per the WGSU, the tentative contract does include seniority provisions in layoffs and a no-strike clause that both parties agree protects concerted activity. As for wages, upon ratification, all WGSU members will receive a minimum 4% salary increase retroactive to January 1, 2026, an additional 4% increase in August of 2026, and a third 4% increase in August of 2027. 

“A ratification vote will be held in the coming days. The Bargaining Committee is enthusiastically recommending our members vote yes. Once ratified, the WGSU strike will end and Writers Guild staff will return to doing what we do best: defending the writers’ hard-fought gains and helping them build collective power,” the WGSU bargaining committee said in a statement on Friday. 

More to come…