BOTH SIDES AGREE: NO PROGRESS IN ACTORS' TALKS

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BOTH SIDES AGREE: NO PROGRESS IN ACTORS' TALKS
Thursday, May 1 2008

In their first public statements concerning their nearly three weeks of bargaining talks -- they're due to end on Friday -- the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Screen Actors Guild each appeared to concede that they remain far apart on reaching an agreement. The AMPTP accused the union of making unreasonable demands including doubling DVD residuals and "huge increases in compensation and benefits." The demands, the AMPTP said, "would result in enormous cost increases that we are not willing to accept." SAG later posted a response, saying "The AMPTP knows we did not state that they had to agree to all of our non-new media proposals. We expect the AMPTP to negotiate in good faith and we will do the same."

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)