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With talks with the Actors Guild and studios approaching the last day of an extension to SAG-AFTRA’s current contract, artificial intelligence poses a significant stumbling block to any deal.
“There doesn’t seem to be any real negotiations here,” a SAG-AFTRA member close to negotiations told Deadline of the AI talks with AMPTP. “The actor sees black mirror‘s Joan Is Awful is a futuristic documentary where their portraits are sold and used in any way producers and studios want. The union member refers to the opening episode of the latest season of Charlie Brooker’s satirical film starring Salma Hayek and Annie Murphy. “We want a solid path. The studio countered, ‘Trust us,’ but we don’t.”
Related: SAG-AFTRA prepares picket signs for possible strike
Like its predecessor, the striking WGA, the 160,000-member union, led by Fran Drescher, seeks tough guarantees and guarantees regarding the adoption, scope and scope of AI in the industry. Having just put a new set of proposals on the negotiating table, various sources tell me that AMPTP does not want to discuss potentially game-changing issues in a substantive way. Told.
“The agreement with the DGA is a good basis for discussion,” said streamer executives, referring to the Guild’s agreement with AMPTP on AI “consulting,” which was overwhelmingly approved last month. “This is a town [built] about relationships. Only motherfuckers want to blow this up. They are the ones blocking the deal,” he asserted.
“This is a pure and simple power grab,” one prominent actress said of AMPTP’s stance on AI. “We see what happens. They can’t pretend we aren’t digitally exploited or become a source of new, cheap AI content for studios.”
One insider recognizes the dangers of AI and sees the emphasis on technology in labor negotiations as a kind of dangerous activity.
“What AI is doing in these negotiations is allowing Meryl Streeps and other prominent members around the world to focus their attention on the underlying facts of change,” he warned. “Even people who are not normally involved in industrial relations understand this whole business model, and it is a very straightforward concept that the business is misdirected. Bad for me, bad for everyone. It’s a cry for unity, but the problem goes deeper than that.”
Related: SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher returns to lead last-ditch effort to close deal – after hitting cameras with Pal Kim Kardashian at Dolce & Gabbana show over weekend in Italy
The current deal was originally set to expire at midnight on June 30, but both sides extended it late last month with less than six hours remaining. The deal now expires at midnight PT on July 12th. He’s been overseas for most of the past week, and has even been spotted taking pictures in Italy with Kim Kardashian (who allegedly crossed the WGA picket in New York). american horror story filming), Drescher will “return to Los Angeles from Italy tomorrow for the final two days of negotiations on the Guild’s film and television deal,” a SAG-AFTRA spokesperson told Deadline tonight.
Duncan Crabtree Ireland, chairman of the SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee and national secretary of the Guilds, will serve as chief negotiator. Nanny The star would definitely do the job just right for her.
With disputes over AI and issues such as residuals at the heart of the negotiations, it seems highly likely at this point that SAG-AFTRA member states will go on strike by the morning of July 13. Negotiations continue under blackout. But in the past week, picket signs have been prepared for a strike, a list of volunteers has been drawn up, and other measures have been taken.
Today, union representatives held a conference call with the town’s leading spokespersons to discuss how the labor movement will unfold.
Sources say Crabtree Ireland and other top SAG-AFTRA leaders sounded pretty confident in the call that there would be a strike. At this afternoon’s briefing, Crabtree Ireland, Guild Chief Contract Officer Ray Rodriguez, and SAG-AFTRA Communications Head Pam Greenwalt announced that all promotions, including press junkets, will be completed by Friday. Explained the rules of personnel who need to terminate their activities. I heard there was a strike.
About 140 publicists who answered the phone were then bluntly told that the actor should not work on any projects. To be clear, that tool-down includes recording routine promotional materials such as EPK and events like his San Diego Comic-Con and Emmy Awards (nominations will be announced the morning of his July 12th). Includes appearances in In an almost hour-long exchange, SAG-AFTRA leaders said the guild was prepared to sanction members who did not follow strict strike guidelines.
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Nellie Andreeva contributed to this report.
