With the 114th day of the strike coming to an end, the pendulum has now reportedly shifted to SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and the union's negotiating committee.
With the AMPTP having submitted what's being called a comprehensive offer in response to the union's previous two proposals, both sides met briefly today before SAG-AFTRA began going over the specifics of what the studios & streamers were offering and discussing the union's next steps. It's still not clear at the time of this writing whether more talks will happen today or at some other point over the weekend.
Los Angeles, CA, Aug 30, 2023: striking actor holding SAG-AFTRA sign saying 'We're still here' while picketing outside Paramount Pictures in Hollywood On Wednesday night, SAG-AFTRA messaged its members to inform them that they had met that day 'to discuss and finalize our response to the AMPTP AI counter-proposal' that the union received from the AMPTP on Tuesday.
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