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Contracts & Compensation

This is the collective bargaining agreement which covers most of the work done by WGA writers.

This schedule covers the entire term of the 2008 Basic Agreement, but is not the total contract.

Contracts

Contracts Department

Additional Contracts
Documentary Screenplay Contract
Informational Program
Low Budget Agreement
Standard Form Freelance Television Writer's Employment (.doc)
Standard Theatrical Contract
Standard TV Contract
Writer's Collaboration Agreement (.pdf)

Agency Contracts
Agency Contract / Rider W (.pdf)
WGA Artists' Manager Basic Agreement of 1976 (.pdf)

Credits Forms
New Media Notice of Tentative Writing Credits (.doc)
Theatrical Notice of Tentative Writing Credits (.doc)
Television Notice of Tentative Writing Credits (.doc)
Application to Collaborate - Television (.doc)
Certificate of Compliance - Television (.doc)

New Media
WGA Guide to New Media Booklet (.pdf)
Derivative New Media Standard Writer Contract (.doc)
Original New Media Standard Writer Contract (.doc)
Derivative New Media Fact Sheet (.pdf)
Original New Media Fact Sheet (.pdf)
Traditional Reuse New Media Fact Sheet (.pdf)
Complete Sideletter on Programs Made for New Media (.pdf)

News and Promo Writers
2008-2010 WGA-CBS National Staff Agreement (.pdf)
2008-2010 Los Angeles Supplement to the WGA-CBS National Staff Agreement (.pdf)
2005 WGA-WGBH Public TV Freelance Agreement (.pdf)