2023-07-13 23:04:00
SAG-AFTRA decided to go on strike Thursday after union negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement.
This is reported by the American media, according to which the move practically means the paralysis of the Hollywood entertainment industry. The actors are joining the screenwriters who have been on strike for more than two months due to disputes over salaries and working conditions. Actress Fran Drescherová (65) also supports the strike Nanny available.
The actors join the screenwriters who have been on strike for more than two months due to disputes over salaries and working conditions. The last time Hollywood experienced such a double strike was in 1960.
“About 160,000 TV and film actors go on strike at midnight… triggering first industry-wide shutdown in Hollywood in 63 years” The New York Times summarized the development. Film and TV series actors are on strike for the first time since 1980, according to the AP agency.
SAG-AFTRA Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland announced at a news conference that union leadership voted to begin the strike hours after the actors’ current contract expired and negotiations with movie studio representatives failed. According to him, the decision was unanimous.
“A strike is a tool of last resort,” Crabtree-Ireland said. “We demand respect! You cannot exist without us!” the main actors’ negotiator Fran Drescher told the producers.
BBC News reported that actors Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt walked out of the film’s London premiere in response to the strike Oppenheimer.
Negotiators had previously advised union members to go on strike to join screenwriters who have been seeking higher pay, better insurance conditions or guarantees related to artificial intelligence since May. Likewise, actors fear that their profession is being threatened by the ever-evolving tools of artificial intelligence and that streaming platforms are cutting off their rewards.
“After more than four weeks of negotiations, the AMPTP producer union, which brings together the largest studios and platforms, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, Netflix, Sony, Paramount, Warner Bros Discovery and NBCUniversal, is unwilling to offer a fair deal on the key issues that matter to you “ Drescher told SAG-AFTRA members in a statement today.
The writers’ strike forced producers to broadcast the popular talk show from tapes and disrupted television production and the shooting of big-budget movies for the entire season. The fact that actors are joining them means a temporary end to ongoing productions in Hollywood studios and puts media companies under more pressure, Reuters writes.
Variety reported on Wednesday that several of the highest-ranking people in the industry took part in the crisis conference meeting on Monday – the head of the Disney television section Dana Walden and the film section Alan Bergman, the head of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav and the executive co-director of Netflix Ted Sarandos.
SAG-AFTRA brings together approximately 160,000 actors, journalists, singers, voice actors, broadcasters and other media professionals.
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Author: Reuters
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