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Writers Guild Says It’s Scheduling A Talk With Studios
Thousands of Hollywood strikers marched from Netflix to Paramount Studios in September
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After what seems a month of little or no movement, the Writers Guild of America says bargaining with the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers will resume on Wednesday. The announcement comes after the union had said it was open to talking to studios and streamers individually.
WGA statement to members: “The WGA and AMPTP are in the process of scheduling a time to get back in the room.”
Update: WGA said in a statement to members: "The WGA and AMPTP now have a confirmed schedule to bargain this week, starting on Wednesday."
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AMPTP statement: “On Wednesday, September 13, the WGA reached out to the AMPTP and asked for a meeting to move negotiations forward. We have agreed and are working to schedule a meeting next week. Every member company of the AMPTP is committed and eager to reach a fair deal, and to working together with the WGA to end the strike.”
Endless labor summer: The WGA has been on strike for more than four months now while SAG-AFTRA members have been on the picket lines for about two months.
On Wednesday, thousands of striking writers and actors took to the streets for a march in Hollywood.
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