#Thousands of SAG Members Sign Letter in Solidarity of Actors Strike: “We Have Not Come All This Way to Cave Now”

#Thousands of SAG Members Sign Letter in Solidarity of Actors Strike: “We Have Not Come All This Way to Cave Now”

A group of SAG-AFTRA strike captains organized an open letter signed by apparently thousands of union members in solidarity amid the ongoing actors strike, saying, “We have not come all this way to cave now.” The signatories of the letter appear to include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Cynthia Nixon, Leslie Odom Jr. Demi Moore, Jesse Tyler Ferguson,…

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#SAG-AFTRA’s Fran Drescher Responds to George Clooney-led Plan to Accelerate End to Actors’ Strike: It “Does Not Impact the Contract”

#SAG-AFTRA’s Fran Drescher Responds to George Clooney-led Plan to Accelerate End to Actors’ Strike: It “Does Not Impact the Contract”

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher welcomed a George Clooney-led proposal on taking caps off union dues but said the offer wouldn’t be legally compatible with the union’s contract with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers, saying “that does not impact the contract that we’re striking over whatsoever.” Earlier this week, Clooney and a group…

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#SAG-AFTRA, Studios to Return to Negotiations on Tuesday

#Studios Say SAG-AFTRA Talks Suspended: Gap Between Parties Is “Too Great”

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has declared that negotiations with SAG-AFTRA are suspended, given that the gap between the parties is “too great.” “Negotiations between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA have been suspended after SAG-AFTRA presented its most recent proposal on October 11,” the trade association representing studios and streamers in negotiations said…

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#SAG-AFTRA, Studios to Return to Negotiations on Tuesday

#SAG-AFTRA Negotiations to Continue Friday, Next Week

Negotiations are moving forward for Hollywood’s largest union. SAG-AFTRA announced in a new joint statement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of studios and streamers, on Wednesday that talks would proceed on Friday as well as resume on Monday. The joint statement and the continuation of negotiations will…

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