AMPTP AND SAG TO MEET -- BUT WHY?

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AMPTP AND SAG TO MEET -- BUT WHY?
Wednesday, July 16 2008

Members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said Tuesday that they have agreed to meet informally with members of the Screen Actors Guild today (Wednesday) "out of respect for the SAG membership," but they continued to insist that they are done negotiating. It was not clear what move the union intended to make at the meeting or whether the AMPTP was open to considering any new proposals. (Publicly it said only that the meeting "will be solely for the purpose of listening to whatever SAG has to say.") It noted pointedly that SAG had not told it why it had requested the meeting. In recent days, however, SAG officials have indicated that they want to resume bargaining.

REPORT: SAG TO SUBMIT DEAL TO MEMBERS
Tuesday, July 15 2008
The Screen Actors Guild may submit the final offer of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to a membership vote at the end of this month, Daily Variety reported today (Tuesday) citing no sources. It said that the union leadership would likely send the deal to members either without a recommendation or with pro and con arguments. However, L.A. Weekly columnist Nikki Finke in her Deadline Hollywood Today blog, quotes unnamed SAG insiders (more)

HEADING FOR A LONG IMPASSE?
Friday, July 11 2008
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers signaled Thursday that it was done negotiating with the Screen Actors Guild and that its "last, best, final offer" was indeed just that. The AMPTP insisted that SAG's leadership was "unreasonably" demanding more than was gained by other entertainment industry unions, including the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), and the American Federation of (more)

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