According to Variety.com, AFTRA will begin negotiations with AMPTP for a new primetime contract on April 28. As was posted yesterday, SAG has announced it will begin negotiations with AMPTP on April 15. The talks will take place at AMPTP headquarters in Encino.
The SAG-AFTRA contract on feature film and primetime TV expires June 30, 2008.
AFTRA (The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) is a national labor union representing over 70,000 performers, journalists and other artists working in the entertainment and news media.
SAG (Screen Actors Guild) is the USA largest labor union representing working actors. It represents nearly 120,000 actors who work in motion pictures, television, commercials, industrials, video games, Internet and all new media formats.