The strike deadline is fast approaching but the WGA and the producers are still negotiating.
Sources say that if the parties are still negotiating, the strike deadline may allowed to pass -- for a little while.
Yet even though WGA brass is authorized to call a strike at any time after midnight, they won't do so until at least after they hold a membership meeting 7 p.m. Thursday downtown at the Los Angeles Convention Center. There also appeared to be a gathering consensus that negotiations might stretch into next week.
"Both sides worked on modifications to their proposals, (and) the guild indicated that they were preparing a comprehensive package and would be ready to present it tomorrow," AMPTP president Nick Counter said after the latest bargaining session. "We are committed to a fair, reasonable and sensible agreement that is beneficial for everyone. However, opportunities do not come without challenges.
"We will not agree to any proposals that impose unreasonable restrictions and unjustified costs," he said. "We will not ignore the challenges of today's economic realities, the shifts in audience taste and viewing habits and the unpredictability of still-evolving technology."
The WGA brass is playing it close to their vests; no one knows when they will call the strike. So, we wait.
