Former DGA President Paris Barclay Says Guild’s New Contract “Almost Double What We Got Last Time”
14.06.2023 - 01:13
/ deadline.com
The Directors Guild’s tentative agreement for a new film and TV contract “is the biggest we’ve ever negotiated” and “is almost double what we got last time,” former DGA President Paris Barclay says in a new video posted on the guild’s website featuring members touting the deal.
Barclay, currently the DGA’s secretary-treasurer, served as president from 2013-2017. He also co-chaired the guild’s Outreach Team that supported membership awareness and engagement going into the contract negotiations, which began May 10.
See the video here.
The DGA doesn’t put a dollar value on its contracts, a spokesman tells Deadline, saying “That’s just not the way the DGA typically looks at its contracts.”
While Barclay may have been speaking rhetorically and a bit off the cuff about the gains being “almost double what we got last time,” the 5% pay increase in the first year of the new contract is indeed double the 2.5% pay raise achieved three years ago, while the 4% pay hike in the second year is 33.3% higher than the 3% won three years ago and the 3.5% raise in the third year is 16.7% higher than the 3% achieved in 2020.
DGA officials also say the new contract contains a new residuals structure to pay foreign streaming residuals based on the number of foreign subscribers that will result in a 76% increase in foreign residuals on the largest streaming platforms.
The new deal, which was reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on June 4, is currently up for membership ratification, for which voting will be completed on June 23. The guild’s board, whose members include Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, 2nd Vice President Ron Howard and 5th Vice President Ava DuVernay, voted unanimously to recommend