Are we close to a new contract?

SAG Watchdog is reporting that we may well be on the way to a new 2 year contract. Notice I didn’t say, it was a good one.

From SAG Watchdog:

The watchdog has learned from a reliable source that SAG Chief Negotiator, John McGuire, will report that he has reached an agreement with the AMPTP in which they have agreed to a two year term on the TV/Theatrical contract.

As I predicted in an earlier post the whole thing was a ruse to make the NY/Branches controlled Task Farce look good; in that they stood up and held out for a two-year deal. Thus changing the main focus from the requisite, repugnant rollbacks in the contract to the term of the contract.

Meanwhile, the LA Times is reporting that it’s a 3 year contract.

From the LA Times:

After weeks of back-channel talks, Hollywood’s biggest actor union and the major studios appear to have broken their logjam and could be close to reaching an agreement on a new three-year contract, according to people close to the situation.

Who is right? Who cares. We’re still screwed.