Hollywood Unions Aim to Negotiate 'Uniform Terms' With Employers as Industry Plots Restart

SAG-AFTRA's Gabrielle Carteris; IATSE's Matthew Loeb; WGAE's Lowell Peterson; DGA's Thomas Schlamme

In a remark that previewed how industry labor leaders are hoping to get Hollywood back to work safely, IATSE international president Matthew Loeb said that an industry safety commission plans to "negotiate for a set of uniform terms and conditions" with entertainment employers before business shut down by the coronavirus restarts once more.

According to Loeb, the Committee has drawn up a calendar for meetings that will touch on specifics of returning to work in the industry. No time table was shared for when the recommendations will be made or for a potential phased reopening of film and TV production.

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