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A meeting between representatives of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and representatives of the film and television producers (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers/AMPTP) is planned for Friday, the WGA announced to its members on Thursday. They wanted to negotiate a “fair deal” for the authors, the statement said.
The more than 11,000 unionized screenwriters in the US have been on strike since early May. Last Friday, a delegation from the Writers Guild met with the negotiators of the studios and streaming providers for the first time since the strike began to talk about a possible roadmap for further negotiations. The fronts still seem hardened, and there were initially no signs of an imminent strike.
Tens of thousands of members of the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA have also been on strike since mid-July. The double strike paralyzes Hollywood. Many films and series are currently not being worked on, and stars are not advertising films that have already been shot.
The actors and authors are demanding, among other things, salary increases and a regulation for the use of artificial intelligence.
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