DGA RATIFIES 3-YEAR CONTRACT.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer The membership of the Directors Guild of America has ratified a new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP AMPTP Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers AMPTP Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers ), the DGA DGA Directors Guild of America (movie directors union) DGA Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (France) DGA Directeur-Grootaandeelhouder (Dutch: Managing Director and Major Shareholder) announced Tuesday. The agreement includes wage increases, a financially solvent health plan, and several creative gains as well as other improved conditions for members. ``Having worked as hard as we did to negotiate a deal that offers our members the largest total economic package in guild history, it is particularly gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to see the strong support of our members in ratifying the agreements,'' DGA President Michael Apted said in a statement. Apted gave credit to the ``unrelenting determination and matchless skill'' of the DGA's negotiating teams. DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth said protecting the financial stability of the guild's health plan was the DGA's No. 1 priority. ``At the end of the day, this is an excellent deal for DGA members and for the industry,'' Roth stated. ``To have accomplished this for our members, in combination with the other important gains of the agreement, makes me proud to have been a part of the strong team that negotiated this successful deal.'' The DGA agreement sidesteps the thorny thorn·y adj. thorn·i·er, thorn·i·est 1. Full of or covered with thorns. 2. Spiny. 3. Painfully controversial; vexatious: a thorny situation; thorny issues. issue of DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. revenue formulas which was also dropped by the Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and during its recent contract talks with producers. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com |
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