At long last, the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have come together on an agreement that would bring an end to their 118-day labor standoff. The tentative three-year deal was made following renewed bargaining sessions between top SAG-AFTRA brass and studio heavyweights like Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav, Donna Langley, and Bob Iger. With the end of the strike, … Continue reading SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Deal With AMPTP; Ending Strike!!

Overnight, potentially devastating news for the Hollywood machine emerged as negotiations between SAG-AFTRA — the actors’ union — and The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down, with no end in sight. Talks between the major entertainment studios and the union, which represents tens of thousands of actors, have crumbled. On Thursday morning, both parties declared that they still stood at a considerable … Continue reading SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP Negotiations Suspended!!

Everyone knew that pain would be inevitable as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA went on strike to fight for a better deal from the AMPTP. Thanks to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, we now know how extensive the impact on labor has been across the entertainment industry. Since the beginning of the writers strike back in May, 45,000 jobs have been lost in the motion … Continue reading Dual SAG and WGA Strikes Led to the Loss of Over 45,000 Jobs!!

The five-month stand-off between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has come to an end, following successful bargaining after a big-name meeting between the WGA‘s chief negotiating team, the head of the AMPTP and major studio heads. As previously covered by Deadline, a meeting took place on Wednesday between the WGA and the AMPTP. In a joint … Continue reading WGA and AMPTP Reach Tentative Deal Ending Five-Month Strike!!

The stalemate between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will continue after a stalemate between the two sides. On Friday, representatives from major studios and streamers held their first meeting with the Writers Guild of America since their negotiations hit a deadlock, resulting in a strike on May 2. However, the meeting did not yield any agreement … Continue reading WGA-AMPTP Talk Breaks Down; Strike to Continue Indefinitely!!

Major studios from across the industry are meeting with representatives of the Writers Guild of America this Friday to start talking about a deal that could potentially end the ongoing strike, according to Deadline. The WGA was joined by SAG-AFTRA earlier this summer, as the two guilds are currently fighting to obtain better working conditions for all of their workers. The status of the industry … Continue reading AMPTP Reopening Negotiations with the WGA By this Week!!

The movement has been hinted at for the last few weeks but now it’s official: Actors are joining writers on a nationwide strike this Thursday July 13, effective at midnight. The announcement was made this afternoon via press conference at the SAG-AFTRA Plaza in Los Angeles, which was held immediately after the guild’s National Board vote. The possibility of a SAG-AFTRA strike became evident in … Continue reading SAG Joins WGA to Strike After Negotiations Fail!!

Deadline is reporting that, regardless of whether or not SAG-AFTRA—the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists – decides to strike this week, the studios do not intend to sit down to negotiate with the striking Writers’ Guild of America members for “several more months”. An insider, who is said to be intimate with the point-of-view of studio CEOs, was quoted as saying: … Continue reading Hollywood Studios Reportedly Intending to Let Striking Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks!!

The Writer’s Guild of America began a nationwide strike today. The decision comes after several weeks of discussion with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, in which studios and producers refused to negotiate some of the WGA’s proposals for improving writers’ work conditions. Last March, the WGA sat down with the AMPTP for several weeks to renegotiate the contract between the two syndicates. … Continue reading Writers Begin Strike to Negotiate Fair Wages!!