SAG-AFTRA Begins Studio Talks Amid Media Blackout

SAG-AFTRA is beginning to bargain with the major studios on Monday, as it looks to improve on AI and streaming residual terms won during the 2023 strike.

As is customary, the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are observing a media blackout so as to avoid negotiating in public.

The talks typically begin with an exchange of proposals and then several days of study. On Saturday, the SAG-AFTRA national board met and unanimously approved the union’s proposal package.

Before formulating the proposals, the union held several weeks of “wages and working conditions” meetings to solicit members’ views.