[ The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)
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AMPTP FILM AND TELEVISION NEGOTIATIONS STALLED, UNION TO HOLD
NATIONWIDE STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE  
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International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture
Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States (IATSE)
September 21, 2021
IATSE
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_ The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)
announced Monday it does not intend to make any counteroffer to the
IATSE’s most recent proposal. _

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After months of negotiating successor contracts to the Producer-IATSE
Basic Agreement, and the Theatrical and Television Motion Picture Area
Standards Agreement, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers (AMPTP) announced Monday it does not intend to make any
counteroffer to the IATSE’s most recent proposal.

Throughout the bargaining process, the AMPTP has failed to work with
us on addressing the most grievous problems in their workplaces,
including:

* Excessively unsafe and harmful working hours.
* Unlivable wages for the lowest paid crafts.
* Consistent failure to provide reasonable rest during meal breaks,
between workdays, and on weekends.
* Workers on certain “new media” streaming projects get paid
less, even on productions with budgets that rival or exceed those of
traditionally released blockbusters.

It is incomprehensible that the AMPTP, an ensemble that includes media
mega-corporations collectively worth trillions of dollars, claims it
cannot provide behind-the-scenes crews with basic human necessities
like adequate sleep, meal breaks, and living wages. Worse, management
does not appear to even recognize our core issues as problems that
exist in the first place.

These issues are real for the workers in our industry and change is
long overdue. However, the explosion of streaming combined with the
pandemic has elevated and aggravated working conditions, bringing
60,000 behind-the-scenes workers covered by these contracts to a
breaking point. We risked our health and safety all year, working
through the Pandemic to ensure that our business emerged intact. Now,
we cannot and will not accept a deal that leaves us with an
unsustainable outcome.

In response to the AMPTP’s tactics, IATSE members are mobilizing in
preparation for a nationwide strike authorization vote to demonstrate
our commitment to achieving the change that is long overdue in this
industry.

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[The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees or IATSE
(full name: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees,
Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United
States, Its Territories and Canada), is a labor union representing
over 150,000 technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the
entertainment industry, including live theatre, motion picture and
television production, broadcast, and trade shows in the United States
and Canada.]

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