Carol Lombardini, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, reached out to her counterpart at the Writers Guild of America in an effort to restart negotiations, sources …
Carol Lombardini, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, reached out to her counterpart at the Writers Guild of America in an effort to restart negotiations, sources toldThat is the first communication between the two sides since May 1, when talks collapsed and thevoted to go on strike. The WGA informed its members of the outreach on Tuesday evening.
The outreach from management to the guild comes as the writers’ work stoppage reaches the three-month mark., which represents 160,000 performers, went on strike July 14, joining writers in pressing studios to raise pay rates and residuals for streaming content and to develop rules and guardrails around the use of AI in TV and film.
Among the WGA’s top demands are a new deal point to combat the proliferation of mini room jobs by setting a minimum staffing level for series’ writers rooms depending on the number of episodes produced. The WGA also seeks to establish a minimum guarantee of 10 weeks of consecutive work for writers during the development process and at least three weeks per episode after the series is greenlighted.
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