Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, said the striking actors will hold firm on their main demands, even if the walkout runs into next year.
Crabtree-Ireland told the Sydney Morning Herald he wouldn’t be surprised if the strike went on until January or February. He said he’s received no communication from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers since the strike began.
The AMPTP also hasn’t made any moves to return to the bargaining table with the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike since May. Anonymous producers told Deadline they don’t plan to reopen negotiations until October, or “until union members start losing their apartments.”
Crabtree-Ireland said there’s no room for compromise on SAG-AFTRA’s main issues, including residual payments for streaming services and protections against the use of AI.
“No one’s gonna force us to make a deal, I think that’s hopefully apparent,” he said. “And if it’s not, let me be very, very clear: we will only make a deal that is fair for our members and that respects them, and any deal less than that, there is no one that’s gonna force us to make that deal.”
The AMPTP claims the union walked away from what they describe as a “historic” deal worth more than $1 billion, but SAG-AFTRA leaders have questioned that figure and blamed the producers for stonewalling the union.
The dual actors’ and writers’ strikes have completely shut down Hollywood production, impacting many businesses across Southern California. If the studios California State Treasurer Fiona Ma told KNX News last week that a drawn-out strike could have a devastating impact on the state economy.
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