The SAG-AFTRA strike isnt the only industrial action in town this fall.
The visible footfall has been steady and industry prefer to meet face-to-face rather than over zoom.
I would push for an office elsewhere next time.
Strikers outside the Meridien Delfina hotel.Deadline
Strikers outside the Meridien Delfina hotel (copyright: Deadline).
There have been calls for a new home and configuration of the AFM for years.
Many of the larger companies now take their meetings off-site.
State Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (right) after a news conference in October to address the allegation that hotels are using staffing agencies to hire homeless migrants as replacement workers for strikers. (Getty)
Miami is this years touted alternative from some disgruntled execs.
Last year there were rumors of a Middle East alternative.
These may well be pipe dreams, for the near future at least.
IFTA told us today that it has a multi-year contract with the Meridien Delfina to host the AFM.
The industry relies on the business done at AFM for their livelihood.
The indie sector needs healthy markets around which it can do business.
The new-look AFM remains a work in progress.
