The end or the beginning of the end, SAG getting final offer. Will they take it? (no)

The best deals are made when both parties involved are dissatisfied. No winners, no losers. But while the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the AMPTP (the studios) are both stubborn and dissatisfied, no deals are being made. In the media, there are actually no words about a deal at all. Everything is about the lack of a deal, the non-deal. An anonymous voice in favor of the AFTRA (SAG’s little brother and recent new enemy) said the SAG isn’t seeing progress “perhaps because it’s been too busy trying to undermine the AFTRA deal to be able to negotiate one of its own.” Nice.

Meanwhile, the SAG still didn’t decide if they will go through with the strike’s authorization vote. And the AMPTP is getting ready to make the SAG a final offer, which they never did before the writers’ strike last winter. In any case, the recent progress seems to be minimal at best. With the strike date nearing, the studios are expected to pressure with these kind of messages. And emphasize the lack of flexibility by the SAG, while the SAG will do the same in return.

In the end, the actors will strike and most of them will sink even deeper below the average national income. Still thinking about moving to Hollywood?