UPDATED: Contract talks between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers have wrapped for the day, and sources tell Deadline that the sides will return to the table Sunday. We hear that AMPTP negotiators will huddle together tomorrow, Saturday, for a meeting featuring reps for the … Read entire story.
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Armed with strike authorization, WGA leaders return to the bargaining table today for the final push to reach an agreement with management’s AMPTP on terms for a new film and TV contract. Both sides have pledged to do everything in their power to avert a strike. Buoyed by an overwhelming … Read entire story.
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UPDATE – 10: 28 PM: Following the news that the WGA-AMPTP talks would resume until next week, the WGA Negotiating Committee Co-Chairs Chip Johannessen, Chris Keyser and Billy Ray released the following statement. “After concluding today’s bargaining session, the WGA and the AMPTP agreed to resume negotiations on … Read entire story.
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The WGA has responded to the AMPTP’s invitation Thursday to resume negotiations for a new film and TV contract, suggesting Monday, April 10, as the start date and Friday, April 14, as the last day of bargaining, unless the companies respond earlier with a revised set of proposals that address the guilds’ … Read entire story.
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In the second of a one-two punch that puts the WGA further along the road to a threatened strike against the film and TV industry, the WGA East’s council voted tonight in New York to seek strike authorization from the guild’s members. The vote comes a day after the … Read entire story.
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