According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Writers Guild of America, studios, and streamers met on August 4th to continue the conversation about what it would take to end the WGA strike. It was announced that there will be a negotiation session on August 11th. During this session, both sides will be discussing various proposals made.
The Writers Guild of America went on strike on May 2nd. Now, the strike brinks over one hundred days long, which is more than the previous WGA strike in 2007.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Writers Guild of America sent a widespread email to all members on August 10th. This email stated, “Carol Lombardini has asked the WGA Negotiating Committee to meet with AMPTP negotiators on Friday.”
The email continued, “We expect the AMPTP to provide responses to WGA proposals. Our committee returns to the bargaining table ready to make a fair deal, knowing the unified WGA membership stands behind us and buoyed by the ongoing support of our union allies. We will get back to you.”
As The Hollywood Reporter notes, before the August 4th meeting, the WGA negotiating committee sent out a note to members stating, “We challenge the studios and AMPTP to come to the meeting they called for [last] Friday with a new playbook: Be willing to make a fair deal and begin to repair the damage your strikes and your business practices have caused the workers in this industry.”
The AMPTP, which is the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, did not make any comments about the meeting. However, writers part of the WGA explained that the August 4th meeting did not yield the desired results. Rather, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the proposal presented by the AMPTP was referred to as “insulting and out-of-touch.”
According to the Writers Guild of America’s previous statements, there is hope from the WGA that the AMPTP will be more responsive to their proposals during the negotiation session on August 11th. In the meantime, both the WGA strike and the SAG-AFTRA strike have resulted in various changes in the television and film industry, including numerous productions being halted.