AMPTP Presents Their 'Last, Best, And Final Offer' To SAG-AFTRA For Review

TV & Film

Nov 6

SAG-AFTRA picket line — Image Source: Vanity Fair

The AMPTP approached SAG-AFTRA with what they termed their “last, best, and final offer.” The two sides met over a Zoom meeting on Sunday, November 5. While actors continue to hit the picket lines, scheduling between the sides has stopped while SAG-AFTRA reviews the latest offer. The new offer included higher wage increases, higher bonuses for successful streaming shows, and AI protections that one industry source said, “went a long way to what SAG wanted.”

The SAG negotiating committee told their members, “We are reviewing it [the offer] and considering our response within the context of the critical issues addressed in our proposals. As always, unless it comes from your union, please do not believe any outside sources or rumors.”

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SAG-AFTRA protesters — Image Source: SBS

The language of the last and final offer has some worried that the AMPTP will return to hardball tactics in an attempt to pressure the guild to accept the offer. Zachary Quinto shared a post on X, praising SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher for her resolve through the 100-plus-day strike. Quinto wrote, “You are in an impossibly difficult position right now — and you are bearing up with grace and dignity and power and I am so impressed with by how you handled yourself — and this negotiation — every step of the way. The AMPTP is trying to capitalize on fatigue and harness pressure from the industry at large (agencies and studios especially) to break our resolve and have you and your incredible negotiating committee accept whatever it is they’ve thrown at us and say thank you”

If the two sides can’t come together to reach a deal soon, the entire TV and movie schedule for 2024 will be up in the air. The strike has already cost studios billions of dollars leading to layoffs at Netflix, Paramount, Spotify, Disney Amazon, Warner Bros., ESPN Conde Nast, Fifth Season, Vice, Lionsgate, and Roku. On the other side, actors have gone months without a paycheck. Hopefully, a fair deal can be reached sooner rather than later. The effects of the strike extend beyond the Hollywood workers as the revenue from the industry funds many other businesses in Los Angeles and other filming locations. Hopefully, a fair deal can be reached soon before the price becomes even more difficult to pay.