SAG-AFTRA to Begin AMPTP Talks on June 7
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA will begin negotiations on a new basic agreement on June 7, the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced on Thursday.
The union will be the third to enter bargaining this year, after the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.
The SAG-AFTRA contract expires on June 30, leaving time for just a few weeks of talks before the deadline. “Both the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA are approaching this process as an opportunity to engage in thoughtful and interactive conversations that result in a mutually-beneficial deal,” the union and the AMPTP said in a joint statement on Thursday.
SAG-AFTRA, like the DGA, is said to be focused on winning a better formula for streaming residuals. The unions are trying to pry more data out of the studios, in hopes that shows that perform better on streaming can get paid a higher residual.
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