A week after locking up the Writers Guild to a new three year deal, studio executives are back at the bargaining table today for their first talks with SAG-AFTRA since actors walked out on strike back in mid-July.

Since this is the first real negotiations the two sides have had since the strike was called, there is a lot of work to be done to get actors back to work.

They do have the WGA contract to use as a guideline but working out a deal with the much bigger SAG-AFTRA union could be a trickier task.

Jon McNutt is an employment & labor attorney who has represented the likes of entertainment, manufacturing, retail & transportation management in labor negotiations.

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