With the town prepping for a strike in as little as two weeks, the Writers Guild of America’s still opting for a go-slow approach to negotiations, Variety reports.
The WGA has agreed to return to the bargaining table Monday morning — six days after the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers withdrew its controversial residuals revamp — at WGA West headquarters in Hollywood.
The upcoming session will be only the 11th day of face-to-face negotiations since the formal bargaining began in mid-July.
At one point last week, AMPTP topper Nick Counter upbraided the WGA for stonewalling, called the negotiations futile and asserted that the WGA leaders were “hidebound” to strike.
The only movement so far has come from this week’s much-welcomed decision by the studios and nets to pull their residuals off the table, which came with the admonition from Counter that he expected the WGA to start removing some of its 26 demands.
Both sides huddled in meetings Thursday before announcing the resumption of negotiations. For many, the overriding concern centered on results of the guild’s strike authorization vote, which closed Thursday night, with a formal announcement of the results expected today.
