At a Friday meeting, sources said the WGA made clear that the guild will not bend on proposals to establish minimum staffing levels in episodic TV and a guaranteed minimum number of weeks of employment.
In their first meeting since the strike began, Writers Guild of America and Hollywood studio negotiators hit the same stalemate over two key TV-related contract proposals from the guild as its work stoppage stretches into its fourth month.chief negotiator Ellen Stutzman and WGA West general counsel Tony Segall ran about an hour on Friday afternoon at the Sherman Oaks headquarters of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The SAG-AFTRA strike, which began on July 14, has added another complicating factor in negotiations with the writers. That irked some on the management side, who saw that as adding an additional demand on top of the issues already on the table.A source close to the situation said the sides expect to be back in communication in the coming days after WGA and AMPTP leaders discuss Friday’s gathering with their respective constituencies. A source described the mood in the AMPTP meeting room as a little stiff, but not so tense that near-term negotiations are impossible.
The WGA and AMPTP last met on May 1, when negotiations broke down as it became clear the sides were too far apart on line-in-the-sand issues around the union’s demand to set minimum staffing levels as well as minimum weeks of employment for TV series work.
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