Studios, Craft Unions Reach Deal

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Hollywood’s film studios and television producers have reached a tentative accord with Hollywood’s five basic crafts unions.


The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ tentative agreement on a new three-year contract affects more than 6,000 workers.


The proposed contract covers Teamsters Local 399 Studio Transportation Drivers, Studio Utility Employees Local 724, Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Assn. Local 755, Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry Local 78, and Local 40 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.


The contracts require the approval of union membership, which could take up to a month to complete but the unions have recommend to their members that they ratify the deals.


The agreement now puts the spotlight on contract talks between the Writers Guild of America and AMPTP. They are likely to begin next week.


The WGA and AMPTP have already started publicly pointing fingers after the two met two weeks ago for introductory meetings. The meetings stopped when AMPTP put them on hold to deal with the craft unions.

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