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\n Disagreements over a wide array of issues \u2014 from wage increases to a revenue-sharing plan for streaming platforms <\/strong>to meal break penalty increases \u2014 split Hollywood companies and performers\u2019 union SAG-AFTRA in their negotiations that collapsed on July 12. <\/p>\n

\n Meanwhile, some progress was made during the five weeks of negotiations on issues including schedule breaks, compensation for the translation of script<\/a>s and some self-taped audition restrictions, SAG-AFTRA claimed in a message to members on Monday that included an extensive chart<\/a> of their proposals and the companies\u2019 alleged responses. Though the message was frequently light on specifics about SAG-AFTRA\u2019s proposals and the AMPTP\u2019s responses, it did paint a portait of two sides that remain very far apart from a deal. <\/p>\n

\n The AMPTP, meanwhile, said in a statement that SAG-AFTRA continues to \u201cmischaracterize\u201d the two parties\u2019 discussions. \u201cNot only does its press release deliberately distort the offers made by AMPTP, it also fails to include the proposals offered verbally to SAG-AFTRA leadership on July 12,\u201d the Alliance said. According to the group, which represents studios and streamers in negotiations, its July 12 offer to the union is valued at over $1 billion in wage improvements, residual increases and pension and health contributions.<\/p>\n

\n When it comes to general<\/a> minimum rate increases, the union was seeking to implement 11 percent wage boost in the first year of the new contract, 4 percent in the second year and 4 percent in the third year during their 2023 TV\/theatrical negotiations. The studios and streamers maintained they would only offer 5, 4 and 3.5 percent in the three years of the agreement, SAG-AFTRA claimed, which are the same rate increases that the Directors Guild of America agreed to in its 2023 contract, ratified in June. (In its statement on Monday, the AMPTP called its offer the \u201chighest percentage increase in minimums in 35 years.\u201d) As another means of increasing member compensation, the union additionally proposed that casts take a cut of subscriber revenue \u201cgenerated when their performances are exhibited on streaming platforms,\u201d which the AMPTP outright rejected, per the labor group.<\/p>\n

\n On another key issue, that of regulating generative artificial intelligence, SAG-AFTRA was vague about its proposals and the AMPTP\u2019s responses. The union was seeking to \u201cestablish a comprehensive set of provisions to protect human-created work and require informed consent and fair compensation when a \u2018digital replica\u2019 is made of a performer, or when their voice, likeness, or performance will be substantially changed using AI.\u201d The AMPTP, the union claimed, \u201cfailed to address many vital concerns, leaving principal performers and background actors vulnerable to having most of their work replaced by digital replicas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n The AMPTP, meanwhile, called its offer on the rapidly changing technology<\/a> \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d and said it \u201cprotects performers\u2019 digital likenesses, including a requirement for performer\u2019s consent for the creation and use of digital replicas or for digital alterations of a performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Other notable disagreements flagged by the union in Monday\u2019s message pertained to increasing \u201cspan\u201d figures (SAG-AFTRA said the companies\u2019 suggestion was \u201cinadequate\u201d) and boosting long-stagnant pension and health plan contribution \u201ccaps\u201d that limit how much of a members\u2019 earnings can be calculated towards contributions to the union\u2019s benefits plans (the studios countered with \u201cinsufficient increases,\u201d the union said; the AMPTP said its proposed increases were \u201csubstantial\u201d). The two likewise couldn\u2019t agree on the size of relocation allowances, for when a performer works in a state or country outside where they live, that meal break penalties should be increased or that performance-capture work can be covered by a SAG-AFTRA contract.<\/p>\n

\n There were some areas where they reached early tentative agreements, however (which are still subject to change when the two parties go back to the bargaining table). On self-taped auditions, one major area of concern for the union, which maintains that these kinds of tryouts place undue burden on performers, the union says the studios and streamers \u201ctentatively agreed to some but not all necessary regulations,\u201d including a compromise on turnaround times, but without a real means of enforcement. The parties likewise agreed that actors should not be required to translate scripts without compensation and that both sides should \u201cconform to the minimum payments that performers must receive before their employers can invoke the various \u2018schedules\u2019 under which members lose entitlement to additional payments such as weekly overtime.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n In its statement, the AMPTP additionally said it further offered the union a 76 percent increase in high-budget foreign streaming residuals and a 58 percent increase in wages for guest star roles on high-budget streaming projects. The studios and streamers offered to establish terms and conditions for high-budget AVOD projects and fixed residuals for stunt coordinators on television and high-budget streaming projects, the group added. (SAG-AFTRA has said these residuals would be \u201ccalculated as if they only worked one day\u201d even if stunt coordinators worked for longer.)<\/p>\n

\n SAG-AFTRA called a strike to start July 14 after its film and television contract expired and it and the AMPTP did not reach a deal on a new three-year pact. After five weeks of negotiation, major studios and streamers offered a deal that was \u201cinsulting,\u201d claimed SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher on Thursday. \u201cIt came with great sadness that we came to this crossroads. We had no choice,\u201d she said. The AMPTP, on the other hand, has said that the union had rejected a favorable package offer and \u201cregrettably chosen a path that will lead to financial hardship for countless thousands of people who depend on the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Though SAG-AFTRA initially signaled to members that negotiations had been \u201cextremely productive\u201d in June, the tone took a turn in the days leading up to the contract package\u2019s expiration. The union began preparing major PR firms and hundreds of agents for a strike, and the AMPTP requested assistance from the Federal Media<\/a>tion & Conciliation Service. SAG-AFTRA agreed to bring in the service, present at talks on Wednesday, but did not allow an extension of discussions, saying it was wary of a \u201ccynical ploy\u201d on the part of companies. <\/p>\n

\n Starting July 14, SAG-AFTRA members have been picketing studio lots and corporate sites in Los Angeles and New York while major productions \u2014 including Deadpool 3, Mission Impossible 8<\/em> and Venom 3 <\/em>\u2014 have shut down or been delayed without their performers. The AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA have not yet publicly released a date when they will return to the bargaining table.<\/p>\n

\n July 17, 9:40 p.m.<\/strong> Updated with AMPTP response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n