The WGA’s labor contract negotiations with the AMPTP will resume this Friday
by Charles Pulliam-Moore from The Verge - All Posts on (#6DQYD)
Image: The Writers Guild of America After recently meeting to discuss the possibility of resuming talks about a new labor contract, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are now set to return to the negotiation table this Friday - more than three months into Hollywood's writers strike.
Variety reports that the AMPTP plans to meet with the WGA this Friday to present a formal response to the guild's list of proposals for a new labor contract, which includes changes like improved minimum rates, a larger percentage of streaming residuals, and staffing requirements for writers rooms.
In an email sent out to WGA members, the union said that AMPTP president Carol Lombardini personally reached out with the request...