AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA to Commence Negotiations During COVID-19 Pandemic

LOS ANGELES - In a joint statement issued today, SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) announced they will commence negotiations for successor agreements to the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical contracts on Monday, April 27, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state government stay-at-home orders, talks will be conducted via video teleconference. 

SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris will chair the union's negotiating committee and National Executive Director David White will serve as SAG-AFTRA's chief negotiator. The lead negotiator for the AMPTP will be President Carol Lombardini. 

The parties also announced that the upcoming negotiations will be conducted under a formal media blackout. We have no further comment at this time.
 

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SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.