Hollywood scribes initiated a work stoppage in early May as negotiations broke down with studios including Disney, Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed last week after months of starts and stops.
The WGA and AMPTP are still drafting the final contract language.
It’s not how all negotiations work.
The best unions refuse the table stakes of nondisclosure and then tell their members exactly what’s happening.
I highly recommend Jane Mcalevey’s book on the subject: Rules to Win By.
If it gives you some solace, Adam Conover (of Adam Ruins Everything) is a big fan of Jane and had her on his podcast (Factually) just a few months back and it seemed like they had a fast mentor/mentee relationship going. Adam is also a member of the negotiation committee for the WGA so I expect some of her methods are being used, albeit not specifically a open negotiation (which, on the podcast, she stated she didn’t approve of).
My guess is the exceptional degree of publicity that entertainment strikes specifically get might have something to do with the WGA’s strategy of keeping things out of the press until there’s actual movement, though I tend to agree with Jane as well.