The Writers Guild of America East has negotiated a new three-year contract with Optomen Prods., a specialist in nonfiction programs for cable television networks.
Optomen shows include “Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild,” “One Bad Choice,” “Mysteries at the Monument,” “Mysteries at the Castle” and”What Have I Got.”
Optomen became the first nonfiction production company to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with the WGA East in 2012 and is now the first to negotiate a renewal agreement.
The guild said the new agreement includes a significantly shorter waiting period to become eligible for health insurance, improvements to the health benefits themselves, more accrued paid time off, a new overtime provision, and pay increases for writer-producers earning the contractual minimum rate.
Full Article: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/writers-guild-renews-deal-optomen-1201530435/