SAG-AFTRA and main studios have hit pause on negotiations amid the continuing strike.
The Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) issued a statement on Wednesday, October 11, confirming progress has stalled.
“Negotiations between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA have been suspended after SAG-AFTRA offered its most up-to-date proposal on October 11,” the commerce affiliation, which represents main corporations reminiscent of Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Common, Paramount and Sony, stated in a press launch. “After significant conversations, it’s clear that the hole between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is simply too nice, and conversations are not shifting us in a productive path.”
The assertion concluded: “We hope that SAG-AFTRA will rethink and return to productive negotiations quickly.”
The largest names in Hollywood are exhibiting their help for the continuing SAG-AFTRA strike by becoming a member of their fellow union members on the picket traces. In July, the labor union — which represents greater than 160,000 TV and movie actors — voted to go on strike after the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) […]
In response, SAG-AFTRA claimed the studios walked away and accused them of utilizing “bully techniques.”
“[The studios] deliberately misrepresented to the press the price of the above proposal — overstating it by 60 %,” SAG’s statement, launched on Thursday, October 12, learn. “They’ve performed the identical with AI, claiming to guard performer consent, however persevering with to demand “consent” on the primary day of employment to be used of a performer’s digital reproduction for a complete cinematic universe (or any franchise venture).”
SAG-AFTRA made it clear that they still want to negotiate on behalf of their members.
“The businesses are utilizing the identical failed technique they tried to inflict on the WGA — placing out deceptive info in an try to idiot our members into abandoning our solidarity and placing stress on our negotiators,” the assertion concluded. “However, identical to the writers, our members are smarter than that and won’t be fooled.”
In accordance with AMPTP, the proposal for actors to obtain a 2 % reduce of streaming platform income was what prompted the divide. AMPTP additionally talked about “quite a few remaining open objects” nonetheless left on the desk, however did not clarify which topics they were at odds over. Earlier this month, SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP restarted negotiations after beforehand failing to achieve an settlement on AI laws, minimal wage charges and extra.
The WGA initially kicked issues off by initiating a strike in Might after failing to reach an agreement in its contract negotiations with the AMPTP. Two months later, SAG-AFTRA joined writers on the picket line after their very own labor dispute with the AMPTP reached a standstill. Hollywood productions subsequently shut down unless they adhered to the SAG-AFTRA Interim Settlement.
The WGA and AMPTP subsequently reached an agreement in September on a three-year contract.
“We will say, with nice delight, that this deal is outstanding — with significant positive factors and protections for writers in each sector of the membership,” the negotiating committee for the WGA wrote in an electronic mail to its members. The message included a 94-page of the brand new phrases which referenced compensation positive factors, a brand new requirement for minimal employees ranges in TV author’s rooms, enchancment fee phrases for screenwriters and protections for using synthetic intelligence.
