Hollywood directors ratify labor pact as writers keep picketing By Reuters

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<p>By Lisa Richwine and Steve Gorman</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Film and television directors voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year labor contract with major Hollywood studios on Friday, averting a second work stoppage that would have added to upheaval caused by an ongoing writers’ strike.</p>
<p>The Directors Guild of America (DGA) said 87% of those voting supported the deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a group that represents Walt <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Disney </span></span> (NYSE:) Co, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:) and other major studios.</p>
<p>The DGA represents 19,000 directors, assistant directors and others who work on film and TV productions.</p>
<p>The 41% turnout level, with 6,728 members out of 16,321 eligible voters casting ballots, exceeded any prior DGA ratification vote, the union said on its website. </p>
<p>In the new labor pact, members secured base wage increases starting at 5% the first year, an increase in residual payments from streaming, and a guarantee that generative artificial intelligence (AI) “cannot replace the duties performed by members.”</p>
<p>AI also has emerged as a major concern of writers and actors, who see their jobs as especially vulnerable to the new technology.</p>
<p>The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike since May 2, shutting down several TV and film projects such as a new season of “Stranger Things” and a “Game of Thrones” spinoff.</p>
<p>There are no new contract talks scheduled between the WGA and studios, whose dispute has largely centered on changes to show business brought about by the streaming boom.</p>
<p>During the last WGA strike in 2007 and 2008, a studio deal with the DGA prompted writers to head back to the bargaining table. Striking writers have insisted that the directors’ latest deal will not influence their position this time.</p>
<p>Hollywood actors, meanwhile, are in the middle of their own labor talks with studios. Members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union have given their negotiators the power to call a strike if they cannot agree on a new contract by June 30. </p>
<p>(This story has been refiled to correct a typographical error in paragraph 4) </p>
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