WGA Leaders Tell Members Not to Get Hopes Up After AMPTP Overture
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Leaders of the Writers Guild of America expressed cautious optimism on Wednesday about a move to resume bargaining, but said they are still ready to stay on strike over the long haul.
The head of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers called the WGA’s chief negotiator on Tuesday to set up a Friday meeting to discuss how to proceed. “It’s a meeting to discuss meeting,” said John Rogers, a member of the WGA negotiating committee, who was picketing outside Warner Bros.
on Wednesday morning. “We’re trying to urge members to remember that this is a great first step, but not to get your hopes up too much.” Though there have been some backchannel talks over the last week or so, the phone call was the first formal communication between the AMPTP and the WGA since negotiations broke down on May 1.
Carol Lombardini, the CEO of the AMPTP, did not discuss any of the issues that led to the writers’ strike, which is now in its 93rd day.
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