"This wasn't a meeting to make a deal. This was a meeting to get us to cave," the committee said in a statement.

"They're talking again when they weren't a couple of weeks ago," said WGA liaison and "Physical" writer K.C. Scott.

"Nothing is more important to this company than its relationships with the creative," Iger said on a call discussing Disney's quarterly results on Wednesday.

The strikes are costing the entertainment industry and the California economy, several million dollars per day.