Sag-Aftra, Hollywood's largest union, is demanding higher compensation in the streaming TV era plus safeguards around the use of artificial intelligence . Members have authorised a strike if negotiators cannot reach a deal, and A-list stars including Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep have said they are ready to walk off the job.
They would join about 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America who went on strike in early May. That walkout sent late-night television talk shows into endless reruns and disrupted TV productions and the filming of some big-budget movies. A strike by Sag-Aftra would force more sets to shut down and pile pressure on studios to find a resolution.
Late on Tuesday, Sag-Aftra negotiators agreed to a studio request to call in a federal mediator. But the union said studio representatives had “abused our trust” with leaks to the media and it would not budge from the Wednesday night deadline. Hollywood has not faced a double strike since 1960, when members of the WGA and the Screen Actors Guild called work stoppages in a fight over residuals from films sold to TV networks.
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