By Dave McNary Film Reporter SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s major studios are beginning negotiations today for a successor agreement to the union’s master film and TV contract amid plenty of concern in the industry about how SAG-AFTRA and WGA negotiations will unfold in the pandemic-rocked economic climate.
The performers union, which has about 160,000 members, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers surprised the industry on April 24 with the announcement that talks would begin today via video teleconference due to California’s stay-at-home order.
SAG-AFTRA’s current three-year master contract expires in two months on June 30. SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris will chair the union’s negotiating committee and national
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