As the writers’ and actors’ strikes continue in Hollywood—and the effects keep rippling across the entertainment industry, like today’s announcement that the Emmy Awards have been bumped to January—there’s a glimmer of hope, in the form of continuing negotiations between the Writers’ Guild of America and the studios represented by Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
With no negotiating in progress, all involved are wondering what it will take to bring the stand-off between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to an end.
get journeymen performers and crew working. also, it shows that we as a union are being equitable and fair in what our proposals are. because there are independents that are willing to do it. they re completely vetted. they have no association with the amptp. and if down the road, they decide that they can take this and try and do it, the amptp essentially would be agreeing to exactly what they refused to agree to. so, it s everything that we were at the table with, these independents must agree to. so anybody that s going back to work right now is actually making more money than they ve ever made. and it s showing, it s approving that we that all we want is a fair deal. the amtpt, the alliance of motion picture television producers, they say what they ve offered is worth more than $1 billion in wage increases,
Last week, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers offered to meet with the striking Writers Guild of America for the first time in nearly 100 days. But almost immediately after leaving the bargaining table, the WGA started receiving calls from trade magazines asking for comments on the negotiations. This usually wouldn’t be a problem, except that the AMPTP had repeatedly asked for a media blackout.