Hollywood actors are officially on strike after studio talks break down | CBC News

Posted: Jul 13, 2023 4:28 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

"Employers make Wall Street and greed their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run," SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said. "Shame on them. They are on the wrong side of history."SAG-AFTRA goes on strikeFran Drescher, head of SAG-AFTRA, announces that the Hollywood actors union is joining screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades.

The stakes in the negotiations included both base and residual pay, which actors say has been undercut by inflation and the streaming ecosystem, benefits, and the threat of unregulated use of artificial intelligence.Screen Actors Guild member Dereck Andrade, centre, and other SAG members take part in a Writers Guild rally outside Warner Bros. Studios, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Burbank, Calif.

It added that instead of continuing to negotiate, "SAG-AFTRA has put us on a course that will deepen the financial hardship for thousands who depend on the industry for their livelihoods."Disney chief Bob Iger warned Thursday that an actors strike would have a "very damaging effect on the whole industry."

The actors' guild has previously authorized a strike by a nearly 98 per cent margin. With the actors on strike, they will formally join screenwriters on the picket lines outside studios and filming locations in a bid to get better terms from studios and streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon.Members of SAG-AFTRA join a picket line in support of the Writers Guild of America outside the Netflix, Inc., building on Sunset Blvd., in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 2.

When the initial deadline approached in late June, more than 1,000 members of the union, including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Bob Odenkirk, added their names to a letter signaling to leaders their willingness to strike.Hollywood actors union threatens to strikeSAG-AFTRA, the largest union in Hollywood that represents 160,000 actors, says it is poised to strike if a deal is not reached with major film and television studios by midnight on Thursday morning.

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