Striking writers and Hollywood studios are set to resume negotiations on Wednesday to put an end to the work stoppage that started in early May.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) leaders reached out to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) last week, requesting a meeting to move negotiations forward.
The AMPTP has agreed to the meeting, stating that every member company is committed to reaching a fair deal and ending the strike.
WGA negotiators informed union members on Monday that the two sides will meet this week, beginning on Wednesday.
During the negotiation period, there may be limited updates, but the focus remains on securing a fair deal for writers as soon as possible.
A meeting between the two sides has not taken place since mid-August.
Amid stalled negotiations, the WGA negotiating team suggested earlier this month that some traditional Hollywood studios should break away from the AMPTP and negotiate directly with the writers’ union. The WGA claims to have held conversations with certain studio executives who are open to reaching a quick deal.
The WGA negotiating team stated, “So, while the intransigence of the AMPTP structure is impeding progress, these behind-the-scenes conversations demonstrate there is a fair deal to be made that addresses our issues… We have made it clear that we will negotiate with one or more of the major studios, outside the confines of the AMPTP, to establish the new WGA deal.
“There is no requirement that the companies negotiate through the AMPTP. So, if the economic destabilization of their own companies isn’t enough to cause a studio or two or three to either assert their own self-interest inside the AMPTP, or to break away from the broken AMPTP model, perhaps Wall Street will finally make them do it.”
The AMPTP, however, released a statement asserting that all of its members are committed to working within the alliance to reach a deal for all studios.
“The AMPTP member companies are aligned and negotiating together to reach a resolution,” stated the alliance. “Any suggestion to the contrary is false.
“Every member company of the AMPTP wants a fair deal for writers and actors and an end to the strikes, which are affecting not only our writer and actor colleagues, but also thousands of others across the industry. That is why the AMPTP has repeatedly put forward offers that address major priorities of the WGA, including a last round of offers on Aug. 17th and 18th.”
Writers, who went on strike on May 2, were joined by the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union on the picket line in July. There have been no known contract talks between the studios and SAG-AFTRA since the beginning of the strike.
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