The most gripping TV drama of the year is happening behind closed doors.
on behalf of herself and other WGA-side negotiators about what would happen once negotiations began. “There may be rumors or leaks to the press about what is going on in that room,” Cannon said, speaking to fellow members of the WGA. “Take these with a grain of salt. They are likely coming from the studios and are intended to scare or distract you and to undermine our strength at the table.”Negotiations began on March 20. The intent was for them to last two weeks before taking a two-week break.
Puck, however, disputed this positive version of events, calling it a “smokescreen,” harkening back to Cannon’s comments about the press. “A well-informed and impartial source, albeit from outside the room, tells me that the report’s spin was ‘nonsense’ and the alleged movement is a ‘charade,’” Jonathan Handel wrote in Puck. He claimed that the negotiations were mostly made up of the two sides reading speeches at each other rather than discussing matters.
“A strike authorization vote has always been part of the W.G.A.’s plan, announced before the parties even exchanged proposals,” the AMPTP said in a statement to. “An agreement is only possible if the guild is committed to turning its focus to serious bargaining by engaging in full discussions of the issues with the companies and searching for reasonable compromises.”
Importantly, this does not mean that WGA members are voting to strike right away. It only means they are authorizing their representatives to call a strike later, depending on how negotiations go. Now that the strike is authorized, the AMPTP and WGA have a deadline of May 1, which is when the current contract ends.Short answer: Yep! Notable Hollywood names, like Daniel Kwan ofhave taken to Twitter to voice their support for strike authorization.
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