Signaling increasing frustration with the Writers Guild of America, Hollywood studios took the unusual step of publicizing their latest offer to the guild.Late Tuesday, top studio executives met with WGA’s negotiators to encourage them to accept a deal that would end the 114-day WGA walkout, which has crippled film and television production. But after WGA leaders refused to bend, the studios made their deal points public — despite the usual practice of honoring a news blackout during negotiations.The decision appeared aimed to force cracks in the resolve displayed by Hollywood’s labor unions throughout the summer of strikes.But the strategy seemed to have backfired, sparking a torrent of criticism from WGA members.“They made an enormous tactical error because they just made everybody mad,” prominent showrunner Mike Royce said Wednesday. “They are trying to leapfrog over an important part of the deal-making process by going around our negotiating committee. This just raises red flags.”The studios’ gambit — and the hostile response it provoked — laid bare the bitterness and a lack of trust between the two sides, which prompted the walkout in early May and has stymied efforts to bring labor peace to Hollywood.One legal expert said the decision by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to release details of its offer could run afoul of laws governing collective bargaining. A National Labor Relations Board rule forbids management from circumventing union negotiators because both sides have a duty to negotiate in good faith.https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-08-23/writers-strike-studios-wga-talks-amptp-actors-strike (ICE LOS ANGELES)

Fonte notizia: Los Angeles Times