The two sides issued a joint statement Monday evening saying they had met for a full day. No details of the talks were released.
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, center, speaks during a rally outside Paramount Pictures Studio on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. The film and television industries remain paralyzed by Hollywood’s dual actors and screenwriters strikes. union and Hollywood studios met on Monday for the first time since performers hit the picket lines in mid-July, and the labor talks are set to resume Wednesday.issued a joint statement Monday evening saying they had met for a full day.
“Several executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance. As negotiations proceed, we will report any substantiative updates directly to you,” SAG-AFTRA said in last week’s statement.Tentative deal reached to end the Hollywood writers strike; no deal yet for actors The WGA strike began May 2, with actors going on strike in mid-July over many of the same issues, including residual formulas for streamed content and protections against the use of artificial intelligence.
SAG-AFTRA represents about 160,000 actors. Its demands include general wage increases, protections against the use of actor images through artificial intelligence, boosts in compensation for successful streaming programs and improvements in health and retirement benefits. The proposal also includes a new residual formula for streaming programs that boosts pay for particularly successful programs. Also included are increases in pay for writers employed on TV series, along with employment guarantees for set numbers of writers on series, based on the number of episodes being produced.
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