2y ago

Hollywood studios, writers near agreement to end strike, hope to finalize deal Thursday, sources say

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- I'm going to wait until the details come out to get too excited, but I'm absolutely cautiously optimistic
  
  It really sucks that it's become so commonplace for union leadership to hold closed door negotiations. Union members should be present and reporting back to fellow members on just what is on the table for the union as a collective to be on board with or fired up against.
  
  Gonna be another one of the deals that secured benefits for the old guard and screws everyone else.
- What responses? There's like 13 comments in here all supporting unions.
I am so excited for the writers, but remember that for Hollywood to totally get back to work, SAG-AFTRA needs to end their strike too, and their demands are even more stringent than the writers. So there may still be a ways to go.
That said, the AMPTP knows that if these strikes don't end by October, they won't even have any shows for the spring.
I wonder what their AI concessions look like. Sounded like the studios were offering nothing around those demands before.
Well, as long as they get a fair deal, we'll be happy for them.
Do take anonymous sources with a grain of salt though. Keep your expectations low, anything can happen at this point.
Bill Maher and Drew Barrymore knew. They didn't mind going back to work if the negotiations stalled for a long time but when they discovered the strike was close to ending they realized it was stupid to take such a PR hit just to save a few days of shooting.

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