Katie Kilkenny at The Hollywood Reporter reports Sesame Workshop Writers have ratified a new five-year contract that their Union President is touting as “groundbreaking.”  Twenty-eight Writers Guild of America East & West-represented Writers, out of the group of 35, voted to support a tentative deal, while the remaining seven abstained from voting.  The new agreement expands work that is covered under the Union contract to include writing for all projects distributed on SVOD platforms, educational programs and new media videos that are shared on TikTok and YouTube and animated titles.  WGA East president Lisa Takeuchi Cullen said: “Make no mistake - these historic gains mark an important step in organizing animation.  Writing for children’s media and animation isn’t easier than other forms of screenwriting and those Workers deserve the same protections.”

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