Welcome to the Writers’ Deal Hub.
Every three years the WGA negotiates the MBA and works to make improvements to minimum compensation terms that benefit all writers. But the MBA only provides a floor from which better-than-minimum (or “overscale”) deals can be made. Minimums determine a portion of writers’ total pay, but overscale deals are critical to how writers make their year.
The Guild launched the Writers’ Deal Hub to provide members with a centralized resource dedicated to helping them negotiate their individual overscale deals. Using contracts and other information primarily provided by agencies through the new franchise agreement, the Guild will publish guides on going rates for different work and other key individual deal terms. This information should help you leverage better overscale pay in your and your reps’ negotiations with the companies.
Check your inbox for updates on new guides and tools for individual deals as they are developed.
If you have questions, please contact Business Agent Mack Harden (mharden@wgaeast.org).
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Screen Compensation Guide
The guide includes screen compensation for several different types of deals, at major studios and streamers, and at various writer experience levels.
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Pilot Deal Guide
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Series Compensation Guide
This guide includes episodic quotes for writer-producers on half-hour and one-hour series, information on weekly rates, and overscale terms for staff writers and story editors.
TV Weekly Pay Calculator
See what your episodic fees amount to on a weekly basis and determine your ideal deal terms.
Span Guide
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Options & Exclusivity Guide
Understand this provision of the MBA which protects many TV writers from being held for extended periods without pay, including new terms that specifically address short employment.