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IATSE & Studios Close To Basic Agreement Deal, But Sticking Points Remain
The union & the AMPTP have set a deadline of midnight tonight to reach the LA Locals based Basic Agreement portion of their overall talks
EXCLUSIVE: Negotiations between IATSE and the AMPTP are expected to go late into the night Thursday as the two sides near a new three-year deal for LA Locals, but they still have some distance left to run. Stung by backlash over the last contract back in 2021 and a much closer-than-desired margin of victory on that deal’s ratification, IATSE leaders are determined this year to bring home a near “bulletproof” agreement, as one union insider put it. Having said that, IATSE leadership has loudly made it very clear the union is not interested in extending past the current contract’s expiration date of July 31.
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