Strike in Hollywood - film producers submit another offer

2023-09-24 10:12:00

It is their “best and final offer,” reported CNN on Saturday evening (local time), citing a source familiar with the negotiations. The authors’ union Writers Guild (WGA) will now examine this, it was said.

The talks should continue on Sunday, both negotiating parties announced on Twitter (X). In the US screenwriters’ strike that has been ongoing since the beginning of May, representatives of the writers’ union and the film and television producers’ union (AMPTP) sat down at the table for the first time last Wednesday after a week-long standstill. If an agreement is reached on Sunday, it would still have to be ratified by the approximately 11,500 members of the WGA, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Demand for new employment contracts, salary increases, better working conditions

The tough struggle is about a new, three-year employment contract for the authors, who have been on strike since the beginning of May. In mid-July, around 160,000 actors from the SAG-AFTRA union also joined the writers. Among other things, they are calling for rules for the use of artificial intelligence. Other demands revolve around salary increases, better working conditions and higher subsidies for health and pension benefits.