Key takeaways:
- SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP resumed negotiations on October 2nd, but failed to reach an agreement.
- SAG-AFTRA accused the AMPTP of “bullying tactics” and misrepresenting their offers.
- The AMPTP said the gap between them was too great to continue, and the strike is likely to continue for some time.
Hollywood’s long-running labor dispute between actors and studios has taken a turn for the worse, as negotiations have been suspended after the two sides failed to reach an agreement.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) had resumed negotiations on October 2nd, after the strike began on July 14th. However, the two sides were unable to bridge the gap between them, and the AMPTP announced late Wednesday that the gap was too great to continue.
SAG-AFTRA decried the AMPTP’s “bullying tactics” and said that the studios were misrepresenting their offers. The union said that the offer was as good as the one that recently ended the writers strike, but the AMPTP disagreed.
The AMPTP said in a statement that the two sides had made progress, but that the gap between them was too great to continue. They said that they were “profoundly disappointed” that the negotiations had failed.
The strike has been going on for three months, and with negotiations suspended, it looks like it will continue for some time. It remains to be seen if the two sides will be able to reach an agreement and end the strike.
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