IASTE & Studios Set June 24 Return To Bargaining Table With Just One Month Until Contracts Expire

The tempature is rising, but it’s not another Hot Labor Summer in Hollywood – yet.

IATSE and the studios have penciled in a return to negotiations in about two weeks on a new deal on the Hollywood Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement.

The sit-down on a three-year contract for the two agreements is set to start on June 24 and wrap up on June 27, the Matt Loeb-run union told members this evening.

The missive comes four days after the parties hit the pause button on their weeks of on-again, off-again talks with big differences over wage increases and benefits still remaining In a note to members on June 6, IATSE leaders explained they had blown past the June 5 deadline with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, but that “negotiations have largely been productive, with the Basic Negotiating Committee and the studios reaching consensus on a number of issues.”

Today Loeb told IATSE that: “We look forward to concluding our bargaining with the AMPTP and reaching an agreement that our members will be proud to ratify.” 

The current contracts are up on July 31 and IATSE has left no doubt it is will not be extending the present deals past that deadline.