Announced just today, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) will meet to discuss ending the 101-day-old stand-off between the two entities
The letter sent by the WGA negotiating committee to guild’s members states, “Carol Lombardini, [President of the AMPTP], has asked the WGA negotiating committee to meet AMPTP negotiators on Friday. We expect the AMPTP to provide responses to WGA proposals.
Our committee returns to the bargaining table ready to make a fair deal, knowing the unified WGA membership stands behind us and buoyed by the ongoing support of our union allies.”
The request from the AMPTP comes nearly one week after another meeting between the two parties, the first since the trike began.
That meeting, held on Friday, August 4th, which was not an actually bargaining session but rather a sit-down to discussion the resumption of talks, didn’t yield any forward movement at the time as no new gatherings were scheduled.
Of note, is that this announcement for the parties to come together comes one day after Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company’s streaming service will raise prices for both it’s ad-supported tier and it’s ad-free stream.
Also, just this morning, the Television Academy informed members, and the press, that the Emmy awards, which where originally scheduled to air on Monday, September 18th and were canceled a few weeks ago due to the strike, will now take place on Monday, January 15th, 2023.
Looking forward, should the strike continue for another 52 days it will become the longest in WGA history.
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