Hollywood Guilds Plan For A Long Haul Strike
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With the writer’s guild WGA on strike since May and the actor’s guild SAG-AFTRA joining the strike in July, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have still refused to answer either guild’s demands. The guilds, for their part, are standing strong. WGA member Mike Schur claimed the union has a plan, “The plan is for them to call us on the phone and ask us to sit down. We’re not calling them.” This tension between the writers and actors and the AMPTP will likely keep the strike ongoing for a long time.
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, a chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA revealed that the studios have not reached out to the actor’s guild in the two weeks since the strike began. Previously the AMPTP used the excuse that their meetings with the Director’s Guild of America and the SAG-AFTRA leaders prevented them from meeting with the WGA. However, the organization reached a deal with the Director’s Guild and SAG-AFTRA went on strike, removing any pretense the AMPTP had to avoid meeting with either union. David Goodman, a co-chair negotiator for the WGA shared his thoughts, “There is no reason they [AMPTP] can’t be talking to either one of us. But it’s been what- 10 days of SAG being out? Twelve days? Let’s give them a minute. They’ve got to figure out what is their strategy to end these strikes. Because they need to end these strikes.”
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Both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA are concerned with being fairly compensated with residuals and want protection from studios using their likenesses in perpetuity with AI technology. The AMPTP claimed the problem with residuals is that the production companies would have to pay for it and not the streaming services. The union proposed using Parrot Analytics, but the AMPTP said the third-party data company would be unreliable. With no end to the strike in sight, it looks like both sides are prepared to dig in their heels until someone decides the price is too much. With the AMPTP out of actors and writers, they’ll likely be the first to change their minds. Schur explained the only way the strike can end, “The companies have to admit a solution is required. When a show is really successful, you need to share in the success. Whether it’s SAG’s plan or our plan or some other plan, there has to be a better payment structure for actors, writers, directors, and everybody when shows are successful.”
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