'Sesame Street' writers reach tentative contract deal, averting strike
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— Writers Guild of America members employed by Sesame Workshop have struck a tentative contract deal with management, averting a strike after negotiations stalled over compensation and union representation for the nonprofit organization's animation and social media staff. The bargaining unit of 35 — which includes the "Sesame Street" writing staff — and Sesame Workshop settled on a new five-year contract Friday, the day their previous agreement expired. The new deal includes jurisdiction and...
C21media—Writers’ strike averted as Sesame Workshop reaches tentative deal with WGA. Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational content company behind long-running series Sesame Street, has agreed a tentative contract deal with its writers, averting a potential strike. Members of the
Deadline—Sesame Workshop Writers Reach Tentative Deal To Avert Threatened Strike. UPDATED, 4:53 PM: Writers Guild members at Sesame Workshop have reached a tentative deal with management to avoid a threatened strike. A ratification vote on the new five-year collective bargaining agreement will be held in the coming days. The WGA said its 35 Sesame Workshop writers won “historic” jurisdiction and minimum rates for animation and new […]
The A.V. Club—Sesame Street writers reach tentative agreement to avoid going on S-T-R-I-K-E. Devastating the collective political cartoonists of America—forced to crumple up potentially hundreds of hastily scrawled cartoons depicting Bert and Ernie screaming slogans while out on the picket lines—Deadline reports tonight that the Writers Guild Of America has reached a tentative agreement with Sesame Workshop, likely avoiding a strike that could have shut down production of long-running children’s educational series Sesame Street. The 35 writers on the series had authorized a vote to...