Negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are set to resume on Wednesday. Over four months into the union's strike over its expired film and TV contract, the WGA told its members, "The WGA and AMPTP now have a confirmed schedule to bargain this week, starting on Wednesday. You might not hear from us in the coming days while we are negotiating, but know that our focus is getting a fair deal for writers as soon as possible. We'll reach out again when there is something of significance to report."
00:00Negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are set to resume on Wednesday.
00:08Over four months into the union's strike over its expired film and TV contract, the WGA told its members on Monday,
00:15the WGA and AMPTP now have a confirmed schedule to bargain this week, starting on Wednesday.
00:21You might not hear from us in the coming days while we are negotiating, but know that our focus is getting a fair deal for writers as soon as possible.
00:27We'll reach out again when there is something of significance to report.
00:31The Guild also encouraged members to show up at picket lines, quote,
00:34for yourselves and fellow writers, SAG-AFTRA, other unions' members, and all those in our community who are impacted by the strikes.
00:41The AMPTP, which represents studios and streamers in these negotiations, confirmed the date.
00:46Official bargaining over a new contract has been at a standstill since August,
00:50but the apparent stalemate between the two parties was broken Thursday when the AMPTP announced that the WGA had reached out to resume talks.
00:57The WGA confirmed only that the two sides were attempting to schedule a new meeting.
01:01The news of the fresh momentum and discussions took quick effect,
01:04with the previously scheduled meeting for Friday between Guild leaders and top showrunners like Kenya Barris and Noah Hawley
01:10getting canceled as a result of the development.
01:12This news comes after numerous showrunners took to the picket line at Fox last Tuesday in solidarity.
01:17I, like everybody, am frustrated with how long this has been dragging on, but there's an enormous amount of solidarity here.
01:28I think it's really time for the AMPTP to get back to the table and make a deal.
01:32Let's take this seriously.
01:34I think people are hurting.
01:35It's really a long and painful strike, and they have the power to end it, so they need to get serious.
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