SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP Make Progress in Talks, Will Meet Again Thursday
variety.comCynthia Littleton Business Editor SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s major studios had a second consecutive day of constructive steps toward a settlement to what will go down as a TV and film strike of record duration for the union.
Nobody’s talking officially, but it’s understood that the sides made progress in closing some of the gap on key issues that the union publicly described on Tuesday evening as being “very far apart.” Nobody’s talking for the record at SAG-AFTRA or the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, but signals from both management and union sources are that the conversations are headed in the right direction.
The sides are expected to convene again on Thursday. Rumors that a deal was coming together as soon as this evening spread widely on Wednesday but were quieted by a reality check from those in the room where it is happening at SAG-AFTRA’s Miracle Mile headquarters.
Sources close to the situation were wary of guessing on a timetable but all indications are that the path to a tentative agreement will be measured in days, not weeks.
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