Article I, Section 11
Section 11. Employer. The term "Employer" as used herein shall mean:
- Any member of the Alliance or any other employer which produces motion pictures or which furnishes literary materials or writing services for motion picture production; or
- Effective April 11, 1974, American Broadcasting Company, a Division of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., CBS Broadcasting, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc. and stations, sponsors, advertising agencies, independent producers and other companies which are signatories to the WGA Pension Trust Fund For The Broadcast Industry; or
- Any other Employer which becomes a party to this Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Article XIII; and which has duly executed a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Union requiring contributions by such Employer to this Plan. The Plan, the Writers' Guild-Industry Health Fund, the Interguild Federal Credit Union, the Writers Guild Foundation and each Union party hereto may be considered an Employer hereunder, if permitted by law or governmental regulations to be so considered, with respect to employees directly employed by such Employer in its own affairs. An entity described in the preceding sentence shall be referred to as a "Named Employer." Notwithstanding the forgoing, any successor entity to the Interguild Federal Credit Union shall not be considered a Named Employer under the Plan.
- With respect to Employees who are the subject of an agreement dated October 3, 2003 between DreamWorks Animation, LLC ("DreamWorks"); International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC; and The Animation Guild and Affiliated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts, IATSE Local 839, DreamWorks shall be an Employer; provided that a written instrument satisfactory to the Directors is executed in accordance with Article XIII, Section 2. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and notwithstanding the fact that DreamWorks has not entered into a Collective Bargaining Agreement, while and to the extent DreamWorks is an Employer, DreamWorks shall be treated as if it were subject to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Unions and members of the same controlled group as DreamWorks (e.g., DreamWorks Films, DreamWorks Television and DreamWorks Dramatic Television).
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