LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild said it will be ready to begin formal negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after March 31.
The actors' current television/theatrical contract is set to expire June 30.
"We want to begin formal negotiations as soon as we have the best chance to finish the negotiations with a fair agreement, acceptable to SAG members," SAG President Alan Rosenberg and National Executive Director Doug Allen said in a letter to members posted Thursday on the SAG Web site.
"In the meantime, and while we finish the (wages and working conditions) process, we are doing the other things necessary to prepare; that preparation includes assembling up-to-date financial, economic and member earnings' data. In the coming weeks, we will be meeting with management to exchange information and our perspectives on the state of the industry."
The posting said the guild's "lines of communication with management have been and will continue to be open."
The SAG officials said they would continue to meet with chief executive officers of the major networks and studios.
