Overview
- A tentative agreement announced Friday between WGA West management and its staff union covers 116 non‑supervisory employees after nearly three months on strike.
- The pay package includes 4% raises retroactive to January 1, 2026, then again in August 2026 and August 2027, yielding at least 12% over three years.
- The deal lifts the salary floor from $43,000 to $57,000 retroactive to August 11, 2025, boosting the lowest-paid staffers’ take‑home pay.
- The agreement adds seniority-based layoff rules, just‑cause discipline with a grievance path, protection against replacing unit jobs with AI, temps, or contractors, and a no‑strike clause that still protects concerted activity.
- A ratification vote is expected in the coming days, and the union says the strike will end and staff will return if members approve.