WGA Postpones Negotiations For New Film & TV Contract Amid Coronavirus Shutdown

09.07.2020 - 15:52

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By David Robb Labor Editor Negotiations scheduled to begin today for a new WGA film and TV contract have been postponed because of the industry’s coronavirus shutdown.

The guild and management’s Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have been talking about when and how they can move forward, even though film and TV production has ground to a halt and movie theaters are shuttered all across the country.

The guild’s current contract expires May 1 but probably will be extended until after the pandemic abates. If they decide to proceed with talks in the near future, it almost certainly will have to be done remotely; the WGA’s negotiating committee has 36 members, and management usually brings dozens of attorneys and studio

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