AMPTP MEETS WITH SAG; WHAT NEXT?

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	REPORT: SAG TO SUBMIT DEAL TO MEMBERS Jul 15 2008
	The Screen Actors Guild may submit the final offer of the Alliance of Motion Picture (more)
	HEADING FOR A LONG IMPASSE? Jul 11 2008
	The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers signaled Thursday that it was done negotiating (more)
	PRODUCERS 'SWEETEN' FINAL OFFER TO SAG Jul 10 2008
	In an effort to end the bargaining impasse with the Screen Actors Guild, the Alliance (more)

AMPTP MEETS WITH SAG; WHAT NEXT?
Thursday, July 17 2008

A terse statement released by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers following a two-hour meeting with the Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday raised new questions about what the two sides in Hollywood's bitter labor dispute will do next. "Both parties agreed that the contents of the meeting should be kept private," the statement said, adding that no further discussions had been scheduled at this time. The reference to "contents" immediately raised questions about whether the two sides had offered new proposals. If not, why then, were the discussions being kept secret? But mostly union members were asking, "Now what?" Several industry commentators were predicting that both sides will probably take a wait-and-see stance while SAG members decide whether the hard-line Membership First leadership will remain in control or whether a credible opposition can be mustered against them for the union's September elections. (July 24 is the deadline for nominations.) Most observers, however, are predicting that the current leadership will remain in place and that the stalemate will likely continue indefinitely.

2008: AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN FOR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Thursday, July 17 2008
The entertainment industry -- the third largest employer in Los Angeles County -- will see its growth lag significantly behind other industries this year, according to a study by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation. The LAEDC blamed labor unrest. The writers' strike, it said, drained $2.5 billion from the county's economy. The agency did not indicate the cost of the production slow-down caused by the impasse between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance (more)

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 (more)

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