Hollywood Unions Go 'Endgame': Demand AMPTP Resume SAG-AFTRA Talks

📆 10/13/2023 10:58 PM
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If the AMPTP thought that walking away from the table would be some kind of 'power move' on the part of the studios & streamers in its negotiations with SAG-AFTRA, the entertainment industry's union served it a reality check earlier today.

In a move that can best be compared to struck company Disney's Marvel Studios film Avengers: Endgame, the Writers Guild of America West , Writers Guild of America East , Directors Guild of America , International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees , American Federation of Musicians , Teamsters, and Hollywood Basic Crafts issued a joint statement that made their position crystal clear to AMPTP: get back to the bargaining table.

Meeting nearly all of the Union's demands on casting, including guardrails around self-tapes, options for virtual and in-person auditions, and accommodations to performers with disabilities. Compensation adjustments of 25% for singers who dance and dancers who sing on camera in the same session, whether in rehearsal or photography, representing a 30% increase over current wages.

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