WGA Contract Talks Expected to Start March 23, DGA Sets Streaming Residual Gains (EXCLUSIVE)

09.07.2020 - 02:45

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Contract talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are expected to begin the week of March 23.

The WGA West and WGA East and AMPTP will be working on a tight timetable against a May 1 contract expiration deadline at a time when the industry is bracing for the possibility of a work stoppage.

Writers have been grappling with a number of bottom-line issues that have developed amid a fast-changing industry landscape, and those issues could boil over into a work stoppage depending on how far the AMPTP is willing to go to address those concerns.

A representative for the AMPTP on Friday declined to confirm the March 23 target date for contract talks. Representatives for the WGA did not

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