SAG and AMPTP In Negotiation Constipation

No movement. That’s all there is to report on the ongoing standoff between SAG and the AMPTP. Trade publications put attendance at Saturday’s SAG membership meeting in Hollywood at 450 - 750, depending on which industry rag you want to believe. The producer-friendly Daily Variety article actually has the attendance at the upper end of that scale, for whatever that is worth.

Both trades reported that SAG membership expressed strong support for the leadership and for their handling of this contract negotiation. SAG leaders are still taking the stance that negotiations are ongoing and that the AMPTP needs to respond to the latest SAG proposals. Meanwhile the AMPTP continues to stick to its position that negotiations have ended and that it is up to SAG to accept or reject the contract terms as announced, that is : accept the AFTRA deal.

At this point SAG has still not requested a strike authorization vote nor has the AMPTP declared an official ‘IMPASSE’ that would allow producers to move forward with either a lockout of actors or begin productions under the terms they have offered and force SAG actors to report or no-show.

Thus we continue with the de facto strike, de facto lockout situation that has AMPTP member film production in a holding pattern.

Stay tuned…