Hollywood Waits: SAG-AFTRA “Still Reviewing” Studios’ “Last, Best, And Final Offer”; No Monday Meetings Set Yet
deadline.comSunday did not see a lot of action between SAG-AFTRA and the studios as the actors guild strike hit its 115th day. “The guild is still reviewing the proposals,” a well-positioned SAG-AFTRA member tells Deadline.
Following a brief virtual meeting with CEOs on Saturday, SAG-union leaders continues today to look over the so-called “last, best and final offer” the studios put on the table Friday.
Guild brass including National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland started their day around 10 a.m., going over the document that studio executives perhaps hyperbolically termed “historic.” “There’s a lot to digest here,” a guild insider told Deadline about SAG-AFTRA’s review of the studios’ response proposals. “This simply takes time to review and to respond.” For now, there are no official meetings between the parties scheduled for Monday or later this week.
Unsurprisingly, SAG-AFTRA has pickets scheduled in front of studio lots and offices in both Los Angeles and New York on Monday, as they have since the guild went out on strike in mid-July.
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