Hollywood actors set the stage for strike motion after contract negotiations fail

Nabil Anas

World Courant

Hollywood actors might quickly get a brand new position: picketers.

Hundreds of movie artists, represented by the highly effective union SAG-AFTRA, which stands for the Display screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists, are heading for a strike after the guild and a commerce affiliation representing the business’s main studios did not might agree on a brand new contract.

“SAG-AFTRA’s tv/theatrical/streaming contracts have expired with out a successor,” the union mentioned mentioned in an announcement early Thursday. It strives for greater charges and ensures round using synthetic intelligence within the inventive arts.

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The announcement comes greater than two months after the Writers Guild of America, a union representing movie and tv writers, went on strike amid its personal dispute with the AMPTP. (The group represents Comcast, the corporate that owns NBCUniversal; some NBCUniversal Information Group workers are represented by the WGA.)

The writers’ strike halted most tv productions, delayed the filming of some high-profile films, and brought about discuss exhibits to repeat late at night time. The actors’ strike will possible power different units to go darkish.

SAG-AFTRA members voted for a strike on June 5 by an amazing majority: 97.91% of the practically 65,000 members who voted. Two days later, the guild started negotiating with high studios and streaming providers.

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