AMPTP Could Be Bargaining With SAG and WGA—But It's 'On a Break'

As the Hollywood Strikes Continue, AMPTP Could Be Bargaining—But It's 'On a Break'

Mike Schur, who is a member of the WGA bargaining committee, said to Variety, “The plan is for them to call us on the phone and ask us to sit down. We’re not calling them.” There’s a similar story from SAG-AFTRA. “The last engagement we had on that point was the 12th of July when they said to us they don’t think they’d be ready to talk for quite some time,” said SAG-AFTRA executive director and chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.

While WGA members knew they were in for a long strike , the fact that they haven’t been asked back to the negotiating table is genuinely infuriating. For the past few months, AMPTP has used its negotiations with the DGA and SAG-AFTRA to avoid talking to the WGA, but what excuses is it using now? According to Variety, one studio source chose to quote

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