SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP to Resume Strike Negotiations on Monday
variety.comMatt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Lead negotiators for SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will head back to the table on Monday, Oct.
2, after a bitter concurrent strike led by the Writes Guild of America was resolved on Tuesday. “SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will resume negotiations for a new TV/Theatrical contract on Monday, Oct.
2. Several executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance,” SAG-AFTRA said in a statement. SAG-AFTRA negotiations lead Duncan Crabtree Ireland and union president Fran Drescher are expected to convene with the producers with renewed fervor, as the creative community and innumerable intersecting business breathed a sigh of a relief that the WGA’s 146 day war with the studios and streamers ended on September 26.
Backchanneling between Crabtree Ireland and the four prominent media CEOs who helped broker the WGA deal — Disney’s Bob Iger, NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley, Warner Bros.
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