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, that represents over 350

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television and

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negotiations with entertainment industry

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, the

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, the

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, the

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Overview

As the entertainment industry's official collective bargaining representative, the AMPTP, like the

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(MPAA), is a key trade association for major film and television producers in the United States. The AMPTP currently negotiates 80 industry-wide collective bargaining agreements on behalf of over 350 motion picture and television producers. AMPTP member companies include the major motion picture studios (including

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, Walt Disney Studios and

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, certain cable television networks, and other independent film and television production companies.

History

The AMPTP was founded in 1924 as the Association of Motion Picture Producers, or AMPP. According to ''The Film Encyclopedia'', "it was renamed the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers in 1964 to reflect its merger with the Alliance of Television Film Producers. In 1975, two members of the Association, Paramount and Universal, left to form a new organization, the Alliance. In 1982, the Alliance and AMPTP merged to form the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers."

Nick Counter James Nicholas Counter III (1940–2009) was a labor attorney and the long-standing president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and chief negotiator for the major studios who squared off against Hollywood's writers dur ...

(March 21, 1940 - November 6, 2009) was president of the AMPTP from 1982 until March 2009. Other former presidents and chairmen have included

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and

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. the current president of the group is

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Post Production Guild

In 2022,

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, represented by

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(CWA) using the name The Post Production Guild, signed union cards and asked AMPTP for voluntary union recognition. AMPTP declined to voluntarily recognize the union, saying they support "a secret ballot election process by which a union can become certified as the collective bargaining representative of employees". The CWA referred to AMPTP as "anti-union", alleging the workers are "supervisors" and ineligible for representation by the

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. The group filed for a union election on March 8, 2022.

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External links

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Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) records
Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930
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Post Production Guild

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