Hollywood Sets The Stage For Labor Confrontation Take Two

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/8258

Hollywood takes a deep breath as contract talks with actors set a start date. Jesse Russell reports:

The Screen Actors Guild will begin negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on April 15, setting up a two month buffer before the contract expires o June 30. Negotiations are starting as Hollywood continues to mend bumps and bruises experienced during the 100-day writer’s strike that ended on February 12. SAG leadership has suggested that they will demand better terms then those reached in contracts with the Writer’s and Director’s Guild raising concern that the industry could be headed for a second shut down. SAG had been set to jointly negotiate their contract alongside the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, however, the two unions recently announced they would be parting ways due to differences in opinion over representation jurisdictions.