Picket signs are being prepared to possibly hit the streets next week, but talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers appear to have taken a productive turn in the past 24 hours.
After a new proposal yesterday from the studios to the Ellen Stutzman-led WGA Negotiating Committee, the guild and the AMPTP met face-to-face for a brief time late this afternoon, we hear.
As with all meetings between the guild and the Carol Lombardini-led AMPTP since talks started on March 20, the parties were gathering at the latter’s Sherman Oaks offices.
As of now, with no details of the specifics of the AMPTP”s proposal, the two sides are scheduled to meet again Friday. The two sides had been pretty far apart since the negotiations started March 20.
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