By David Robb Labor Editor EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA and management’s AMPTP could be close to wrapping up their negotiations for a new film and TV contract, though no deal is in place yet.
Sources tell Deadline the companies are hopeful that an agreement can be reached before Monday, when the AMPTP will start contract talks with the WGA.
SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP began bargaining via video teleconference on April 27, saying in a joint statement that the talks would be conducted “under a formal media blackout.” The union’s current contract expires on June 30.
AMPTP president Carol Lombardini is the lead negotiator for the companies; SAG-AFTRA national executive director David White is the union’s chief negotiator, and SAG-AFTRA president
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