Teamsters Casting Directors Negotiations Pause Without Deal

Negotiations over a brand new contract for Teamsters-represented casting professionals paused on Friday with out a deal, in keeping with the union.

Bargaining periods for round 700 casting staff based mostly in Los Angeles and New York have been initially set to conclude on the finish of the week, however the events didn’t resolve their remaining points by that point. A Teamsters Native concerned acknowledged that extra bargaining periods could be scheduled earlier than the present contract expires on Sept. 30.

Teamsters Locals 399 and 817 are negotiating on behalf of casting administrators, affiliate casting administrators and casting assistants within the discussions over a brand new three-year deal. The Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers are representing main studios and streamers.

“After every week of bargaining, now we have concluded negotiations for the day with no deal. It’s clear that the AMPTP will want extra time to respect and compensate Los Angeles and New York Casting Professionals pretty,” the Teamsters Native 399 acknowledged on Friday. “Whereas in the present day was our final scheduled date of negotiations, our Native 399 and 817 Settlement doesn’t expire till September thirtieth. We’ll now look to schedule extra dates to proceed to deal with our Casting Administrators, Affiliate Casting Administrators, and Casting Assistants core priorities to get nearer to a deal that may be really useful by our member-led committees for ratification.”

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to the AMPTP for remark.

The casting professionals are broadly searching for wage and compensation good points on this spherical of negotiations. Casting assistants, which the 2 Teamsters Locals unionized simply this previous month, sought to discount their first contract phrases on wages, working situations and well being and pension plan advantages.

In its Friday assertion, Teamsters Native 399 mentioned the group remained “united, sturdy and able to sustain the combat.” The Native added, “We’re grateful for the outpouring of assist from Hollywood Labor over the previous two weeks and can proceed to interact this neighborhood to face with Casting.”