THE STRIKE CONTINUES: After a short negotiation meeting on Friday, the situation remains deadlocked. Photo: MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO / AFP / NTB
After four months of strike action, the parties to the strike finally met on Friday afternoon. Despite talks, the situation should remain deadlocked.
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After four months of strike action between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), meetings were held on Friday. The negotiations will continue in the coming days. Both the WGA and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) are on strike at the same time, in the largest strike in Hollywood since the 1960s. The core of the dispute in the negotiations with AMPTP was pay and rights, as well as concerns that actors may be replaced by artificial intelligence. Show more
It informs Variety Magazine.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA), which has 11,500 members, met on Friday with representatives of the major film studios.
This has not happened since the strike started in early May.
The meeting is said to have taken place at the headquarters of the WGA’s counterpart, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), and is said to have lasted approximately one hour.
According to Variety, sources state that the WGA made it clear that they are not going to budge from the proposal to establish a minimum level of staffing in TV series, and a guaranteed number of weeks of employment.
AMPTP, for its part, should have called these proposals unacceptable, and should not have given any indication that they are willing to change their position.
WON’T QUIT: According to Variety, the WGA has several demands they won’t budge on, which AMPTP finds unacceptable. Photo: MARIO ANZUONI / Reuters / NTB
According to Variety, sources say negotiations will resume in the next few days, after WGA and AMPTP executives have discussed Friday’s meeting with their respective unions.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says she is looking forward to the parties now talking together again. The city’s economy is greatly affected by the fact that film and TV productions are on hold.
She says she will engage personally in dialogue with all stakeholders to contribute to a solution.
SOLIDARITY MARCH: On Wednesday, Mandy Moore went on a strike march with, among others, fellow actor John Huertas outside Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Photo: VALERIE MACON / AFP / NTB
Both the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers’ Union (SAG-AFTRA)
Guild of America (WGA), is on strike at the same time, in the largest strike in Hollywood since the 1960s.
65,000 organized actors went on strike on July 14, following a breakdown in wage negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents major production companies such as Disney, Netflix and several others.
The core of the dispute in the negotiations with the film studios was wages and rights.
The actors also demand guarantees that their livelihoods will not be replaced by artificial intelligence.
This can happen by digitally reusing the faces of actors in new productions.
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Published: 05.08.23 at 09:37
Updated: 05.08.23 at 09:49
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