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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW MARCH 20, 2011 WGA, AMPTP Reach New Three-Year Deal The tentative pact, which is in line with deals reached by SAG, AFTRA and the DGA, provides for 2% annual wage increases but also keeps network primetime residuals at current rates. Details: The Hollywood Reporter. _. Check out my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” Check out my residuals chart there too. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 Hollywood Labor: The Tyranny of Time One key to understanding Hollywood labor is a tool that was invented thousands of years ago: the calendar. covered those events as they occurred, and they’re also the topic of my forthcoming book, “Hollywood on Strike!,” These negotiations may technically be with the studios as a loose group rather than with the AMPTP per se. | | | | | |
| | | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW MAY 19, 2009 SAG’s Strange Voyage Last week, SAG’s Hollywood board, controlled by the hardline Membership First faction, passed a resolution establishing a task force “to explore the acquisition of actors of AFTRA.” Rejection will plunge the union and the AMPTP—the alliance that represents studios and producers—back into stalemate, once again adrift in uncharted nebulas. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW MARCH 17, 2009 Actors Commercials Negotiations Deteriorate Apparently, they often play hardball until a strike authorization vote is held, note the Hollywood Reporter. Yet another significant issue is a proposal by the JPC to dramatically alter the way residuals are paid for national commercials—so-called Class A residuals. Tags: advertising SAG AMPTP Labor Unions JPC strike | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW FEBRUARY 27, 2009 Hollywood Labor Roundup Keeping you up to date on miscellaneous goings-on in the world of Hollywood labor, here’s what’s happened in the last week or so: SAG Commercials Negotiations. Rumors abound that a top CAA exec or a studio chief might get involved in trying to mediate between SAG and the AMPTP. WGA Executive Director David Young Defends Writers Strike. | | | | | | | |
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009 Is SAG Becoming Irrelevant?
Start with the latest: Talks between SAG and the AMPTP (studio alliance) collapsed Thursday night, with the AMPTP presenting SAG with a take it or leave it offer and a 60-day deadline, after which the offer could be modified or withdrawn. AMPTP statement below; SAG has not yet issued a statement.) g) of this post ). MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2008 SAG & The Studios: What Are They Fighting Over?
UPDATE: Just as background: Before I posted this piece, I called both the AMPTP and SAG to discuss various aspects of it. The AMPTP took my calls, including during evenings and the weekend. In addition, the AMPTP read the piece after it posted and pointed out a few factual inaccuracies, which I have corrected as updates below. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2009 SAG: No Good Reason to Strike
The email then says that “jobs would continue on more than 800 independent movie projects by producers not associated with AMPTP companies.” UPDATE—SAG Statement : The arguments over jurisdiction, residuals, and other issues are not about rich, millionaire actors; they're about middle-class actors. There is a residual structure. MORE >> - ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: ANOTHER STRIKE BREWING?
ACTORS' DEAL EXPIRES WITH NO PACT ON THE HORIZON July 1 has come and gone with no deal in place which would prevent another crippling strike in Hollywood. SAG HARDLINERS WANT MORE SAG, with thousands of members who are also AFTRA members, has lobbied for the rejection of the proposed AFTRA- AMPTP deal. Tuesday morning. That's my $.02. MORE >>
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