Studios, SAG still can't agree

July 10, 2008 After a five-hour meeting between SAG and the studios Thursday, Hollywood is in the very same place it has been since talks started April 15: without a new actors contract. "The refusal of SAG's Hollywood leadership to accept this offer is the latest in a series of actions by SAG leaders that puts labor peace at risk," the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television said in a strongly worded statement after talks broke off just before 7:30 p.m. The studios said the guild was "unreasonably" seeking more than other unions and that they're not interested in further negotiations. Allen said he would not discuss the particular proposals anywhere but at the bargaining table with the AMPTP.

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