AFTRA, Screen Actors Guild and AMPTP to Commence Negotiations Under Press Blackout
 
LOS ANGELES, (September 24, 2010)  -- In a joint statement issued today, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) announced they will commence negotiations on successor agreements to the AFTRA Exhibit A (Primetime TV) and SAG TV/Theatrical contracts on Monday, September 27, 2010. The talks will take place at AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

The lead negotiator for the AMPTP will be President Carol Lombardini. AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon and Screen Actors Guild President Ken Howard will co-chair the negotiations for the unions, and Screen Actors Guild National Executive Director David White and AFTRA National Executive Director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth will serve as the unions' co-lead negotiators.

The parties also announced that the upcoming negotiations will be conducted under a formal news blackout. We will have no further comment at this time.