Contract talks that could end Hollywood’s writers strike are set to resume next week, studios said Thursday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the industry’s studios, streaming services and production companies in union negotiations, said in a statement that they had reached out to the Writers Guild of America on Wednesday and the two sides agreed to resume negotiations next week. The strike of Hollywood actors and screenwriters generated the loss of 17,000 jobs in the film industry last August, according to figures reported by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. As we could remember , the scriptwriters first went on strike on May 2, and on July 14 the actors joined them; at that time there were no prospects for an agreement with the big entertainment companies. On August 11, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) approached the WGA screenwriters union with a new collective bargaining agreement proposal, but this was rejected by the union and on August 18 the alliance rejected the counteroffer from the scriptwriters, keeping both parties distanced. The SAG-AFTRA (acting union) for its part had not re-entered dialogue with the alliance since they stopped the negotiations in July, although its representatives always expressed their desire to resume them on numerous occasions.

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