If talks break down between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP, 160,000 actors will join striking writers on the picket lines.
The deadline for extended talks between the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is midnight.
SAG-AFTRA disputed reports that the AMPTP made the request for mediation after an emergency meeting Monday with several top Hollywood executives. Heading into negotiations last month, Hollywood's talent was looking to improve wages, working conditions, and health and pension benefits, as well as create guardrails for the use ofThe actors' union agreed to a request from studios and streaming services on Tuesday to meet with federal mediators in one final push to reach a new contract deal, but members said they remain ready toshould negotiations fall through.
"We will not be distracted from negotiating in good faith to secure a fair and just deal by the expiration of our agreement," SAG-AFTRA said in a statement Tuesday. "We are committed to the negotiating process and will explore and exhaust every possible opportunity to make a deal, however we are not confident that the employers have any intention of bargaining toward an agreement.
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