AFTRA, AMPTP to begin talks Wednesday

May 06, 2008 After two delays at the request of SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, AFTRA comes to the negotiating table and formally starts talks Wednesday on its three-year primetime/TV contract with the producers. SAG claims the AMPTP walked away from the bargaining table, despite its negotiating committee's objections and offer for round-the-clock talks. The AMPTP said SAG from the get-go refused to respect the deals struck by the WGA, the DGA and AFTRA in its Network Code, which included a new-media residual platform.

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