On Saturday, after talks with studios broke down, the longest strike in the history of artists in cinema and television entered its hundredth day. Actors are still on strike lines, but screenwriters are actively returning to their jobs, according to Variety.
Furthermore, the time of its conclusion is uncertain. As of this writing, there has been no sign that the parties will be prepared to continue negotiations since the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers called off negotiations on October 11.
The actors union and a coalition of major studios jointly announced that negotiations will resume on Tuesday with the attendance of numerous studio executives.
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), according to Variety, has expressed dissatisfaction at the absence of negotiations. The union’s main negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, stated that the 100-day mark serves as a reminder of how little significant negotiation has gone place since the strike began.
“We all will reflect on the fact that it’s been such a long time and so many of those days have been spent out on the picket lines and not in the room negotiating with the companies,” he said.
Laurie Hendler, another captain at Disney, said that membership was reenergized when the AMPTP walked away from the table.
“I think some of us were kind of feeling like we could coast through to the end,” she said. “And the next morning we had hundreds of people out here… I think that the studios are hoping they can divide us. They’re hoping they can break us. And they’re hoping that if they take their time, we will fall apart. And the fact that there are so many of us out here shows that that’s not going to happen”, reported Variety.
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