Overview
- WGA West executive director Ellen Stutzman will again serve as chief negotiator after leading the 2023 talks.
- The guild released a 29-member roster featuring writers like Mike Schur, Shawn Ryan and Tom Fontana, with WGA East and West officers serving ex officio.
- Negotiations are expected to begin in the first months of 2026, the first bargaining cycle since the 148-day 2023 strike.
- Employers will be represented by new AMPTP president Greg Hessinger, who succeeded longtime leader Carol Lombardini this year.
- Pension and health-plan funding is flagged as a top priority, and the committee reflects turnover with only ten members returning from 2023 as prior co-chairs Chris Keyser and David Goodman step back.