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NEW YORK (April 28, 2026) – The staff behind the Pulitzer Prize- and Peabody Award-winning podcast, radio, video, and digital media coverage at Futuro Media have unionized with the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) for the purpose of collective bargaining.  

Futuro Media’s approximately 15-member bargaining unit has called on management to volu...


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LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK (April 24, 2026)—The members of Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) have ratified a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

WGA members have ratified the 2026 MBA with 90.38% (4,282) voting in favor, and 9.62% (456) voting no. The term of the Minimum Basic Agre...


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LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK (April 23, 2026)—The following is a statement from the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW):

The proposed merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery would be a disaster for writers, the entertainment industry, consumers, and the cou...


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 NEW YORK, NY (April 14, 2026)—Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) is continuing its organizing momentum in the nonfiction television industry with two new contract ratifications. Members at Lucky 8 unanimously ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with management, while members at Sharp Entertainment ratified their third c...


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NEW YORK, NY (April 14, 2026) – Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members at CBS News 24/7 and CBS News/Paramount management reached a deal on their third three-year collective bargaining agreement. The contract was unanimously ratified by the 60-member bargaining unit. 

The contract establishes critical protections against Generative Arti...


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