Another Hollywood strike? Actors could hit picket lines with deadline just hours away. Can a second Hollywood strike be avoided? Now on ABC7
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is now asking federal mediators to step into its negotiations with SAG-AFTRA, hoping to head off a possible strike later this week.The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers asked federal mediators to step into its negotiations with SAG-AFTRA, hoping to head off a possible strike later this week.
"We will not be distracted from negotiating in good faith to secure a fair and just deal by the expiration of our agreement,'' according to the union statement. "We are committed to the negotiating process and will explore and exhaust every possible opportunity to make a deal, however we are not confident that the employers have any intention of bargaining toward an agreement.
"The last time we saw two major unions on strike, both SAG and WGA, was in 1960, so that's a lifetime ago," said Michael Schneider, the TV Editor for Variety. "We may be looking at a dual strike throughout the rest of the summer into September, and that is when you may see the real urgency to sit down and really hammer out new deals."
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