The Latest Breaking News from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers

Hollywood performers ratify new contract with studios

SAG-AFTRA's actors, dancers, stunt performers and voice-over actors went on strike for nearly four months before the deal was finally made.

WEKU · Dec 6, 2023

Hollywood's striking actors and major studios reach tentative deal to end strike

Striking actors have reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood's major studios to end their walkout. The Sag-Aftra union, which represents some 160,000 performers, announced the end of the four-month strike on Wednesday after reaching an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). As FRANCE 24's Charlotte…

France 24 · Nov 9, 2023

Hollywood stars hail actors’ union’s tentative deal with studios to end strike

Sag-Aftra union celebrates agreement of ‘extraordinary scope’ with Hollywood producers to settle historic work stoppage

The Guardian - US · Nov 9, 2023

A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know

From picket lines in Hollywood to walkouts against Detroit automakers, it's already been a big year for labor organizing — and behind several major showdowns with enormous companies are some of America's largest unions

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

'You could be the hero': Fran Drescher tells NPR how the Hollywood strikes can end

Fran Drescher, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, says the Hollywood strikes are at an inflection point.

WEKU · Sep 6, 2023

Hollywood’s Picket Line Confronts Its Color Line

People of color hired in the streaming-era diversity push say they now bear the brunt of inequities.

Capital & Main · Sep 4, 2023

Background Actors Say Fears of Being Replaced by AI Come From Their Experiences

Extras say they have already been scanned without explanation.

Capital & Main · Aug 14, 2023

Writers' strike at 100 days: why we're no closer to the end - and a look at what comes next

The fight marches on

Total Film · Aug 9, 2023

Producers and Writers Are Finally Sitting Down To Talk

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have asked for a meeting with the Writers Guild of America on Friday to discuss contract negotiations, but don’t get your hopes up. This is just a first step

Multichannel News · Aug 2, 2023

Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks, with some in the negative

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers rejected the SAG-AFTRA union's request for a separate type of residual payment that actors would get once their programs hit streaming services.

WEKU · Jul 27, 2023