NO PROGRESS AT SAG-AMPTP TALKS

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	SAG SIGNS DEALS FOR 95 INDIE FILMS Apr 23 2008
	Regardless of whether the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television (more)
	SAG AND AMPTP BEGIN BARGAINING TALKS Apr 16 2008
	Contract negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television (more)
	WILL ACTORS STRIKE THE SET? Apr 15 2008
	Negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (more)

NO PROGRESS AT SAG-AMPTP TALKS
Wednesday, April 30 2008

Reporters stalking the offices of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, where closed bargaining talks with the Screen Actors are taking place, have been unable to receive even a hint from participants about what has been going on inside. That has led most to conclude that little headway has been made and that it is likely that the talks will end this week without an agreement, thereby raising the prospects of another industry strike at the end of June. In a message to members on Tuesday, SAG leaders laid out a list of "priorities" submitted to the AMPTP representatives, all of which concerned work in films and TV, suggesting that the union might make concessions on new media -- principally DVDs and the Internet -- in return for improved compensation and benefits packages for traditional media.

SAG-AMPTP TALKS LIKELY TO FAIL, SAYS REPORT
Friday, April 25 2008
Although this week's decision by the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to extend their talks an additional week was generally viewed as a sign of progress, L.A. Weekly columnist Nikki Finke, who generally has solid union sources, reported today (Friday) that both sides remain far apart and that the AMPTP is now anxious to move on to close a deal with the American Federation of Television and Radio (more)

PROGRESS IN ACTORS' TALKS WITH STUDIOS?
Thursday, April 24 2008
The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have agreed to extend their talks one week until May 2. The agreement was seen as a positive sign that the negotiators are making progress, and representatives of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, who are sitting in on the talks as observers, agreed to postpone their own bargaining talks with the AMPTP until May 5. Nevertheless, in a message (more)