“This will ensure that independent and show producers, associate producers and casting producers will benefit from unionized minimum wage payments and other workplace protections, and participate in a sustainable benefits plan like their counterparts in other non-fiction stores.” The new agreement also includes the abolition of author training and discounts for new authors that are below the minimum requirements for screen and television newcomers, which are suspected of disproportionately affecting under-represented groups. a new paid parental leave fund; as well as pension fund increases.