WGA Leaders Meet with CEOs; View details of AMPTP versions – Miscellaneous

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) East hold signs as they walk the picket line outside the Peacock NewFront on May 02, 2023 in New York City. WGA members walked out on the first day of a Hollywood voter strike after the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, which includes the West Coast and East Coast affiliates, voted unanimously to call a strike. Negotiations between a major union and a trade union representing Hollywood's top studios failed to avert the first strike in over 15 years. Union members have stated that they are not being paid fairly in the era of live broadcasting and are seeking wage increases and structural changes to the business model. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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WGA leaders met face-to-face with top executives on Tuesday night as executives sought to pitch the union to the latest contract offer in hopes of ending the nearly four-month-old strike. Late Tuesday, the Motion Picture and Television Producers Alliance released details of the contract offer submitted to the WGA on Aug. 11.

AMPTP asserts that the offer includes significant bottom line gains, a minimum 10-week hiring commitment for most TV series writers and writers-producers and an increase in residual foreign payments formula to streaming platforms.

Our priority is to end the strike so that the honorable members
From the creative community they can get back to what they’re good at and end the hardships of so many people
And companies that serve this industry attest. We came to the table with the offer of that
Addresses the priority concerns expressed by the book. We are firmly committed to ending the strike
“We hope the WGA will work towards the same decision,” said Carole Lombardini, AMPTP Chair.

A WGA spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment late Tuesday.

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