AMPTP Suspends Negotiations With Actor’s Union, SAG-AFTRA Responds
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Negotiations between the studios and SAG-AFTRA have been suspended after two weeks, following the breakdown of talks as the strike enters its 92nd day. According to Deadline, SAG-AFTRA has accused the AMPTP of employing “bully tactics” and failing to address their revenue-sharing proposal.
Talks became “much rockier than usual” according to an unnamed industry source, prompting the suspension as the two sides couldn’t resolve SAG-AFTRA’s revenue-sharing proposal and the issue of AI. SAG-AFTRA has countered the studios’ claim that their profit-sharing proposal would cost over $800 million annually, arguing it would amount to less than 57 cents per subscriber each year.
The talks’ breakdown mirrors the negotiations with the Writers Guild earlier this year, which fell apart in mid-August and then yielded an agreement in September. In both instances, the studios released their latest offer publicly to sway members directly, but this tactic didn’t work–SAG-AFTRA said early Thursday that the studios are abandoning “productive negotiations.”
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