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The Screen Actors Guild will resume negotiations with major Hollywood studios next week in a bid to end the dispute over actors' pay.
The union and the studios' representative, the Alliance of Motion Picture And Television Producers, are scheduled to begin new talks on Tuesday.
SAG members have been without a film and television contract since their old deal expired last June. Contract discussions reportedly stalled after both sides disagreed on how much profit actors should receive from new media, particularly the internet.
However, the union has fired its chief negotiator Doug Allen following a majority vote by members just a few hours after the 15th annual SAG awards.
Allen had been in favour of asking the 120,000 union members if they were happy with the current offer or whether they would prefer to vote for a strike, which would effectively shut down Hollywood.
The new discussions are expected to last for two days.
The union and the studios' representative, the Alliance of Motion Picture And Television Producers, are scheduled to begin new talks on Tuesday.
SAG members have been without a film and television contract since their old deal expired last June. Contract discussions reportedly stalled after both sides disagreed on how much profit actors should receive from new media, particularly the internet.
However, the union has fired its chief negotiator Doug Allen following a majority vote by members just a few hours after the 15th annual SAG awards.
Allen had been in favour of asking the 120,000 union members if they were happy with the current offer or whether they would prefer to vote for a strike, which would effectively shut down Hollywood.
The new discussions are expected to last for two days.
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