LIVE Before the talks began June 7, the 65,000 actors who cast ballots voted overwhelmingly for union leaders to send them into a strike, as the Writers Guild of America did when their deal expired more than two months ago.
Thursday, July 13, 2023 8:30PMThe union representing film and television actors says no deal has been reached with studios and streaming services and its leadership has voted to go on strike when the clock hits midnight Thursday.Leaders of a Hollywood actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with studios and streaming services broke down.
"Employers make Wall Street and greed their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run," former "The Nanny" star and SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said in an impassioned speech that drew applause from union leaders in the room. "It is disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history.
"This is the worst time in the world to add to that disruption," Iger said in an appearance on CNBC. "There's a level of expectation that have that is just not realistic." 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.
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SAG-AFTRA board votes for actors to go on strike as of Thursday nightLIVE Before the talks began June 7, the 65,000 actors who cast ballots voted overwhelmingly for union leaders to send them into a strike, as the Writers Guild of America did when their deal expired more than two months ago.
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SAG-AFTRA national board votes to go on strike, union leader saysSAG-AFTRA, the union that represents about 160,000 actors, is set to strike at midnight PT Friday morning after talks with major studios and streaming services have failed.
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U.K. Actors Union Equity Readies Guidance for SAG-AFTRA Strike (EXCLUSIVE)Sources indicate that the U.K.’s strict union laws prevent an extensive show of solidarity from Equity, which can’t legally call a strike to support SAG-AFTRA due to restrictive British legislation.
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Hollywood actors to strike: SAG-AFTRA board unanimously votes for walkoutSAG-AFTRA’s national board of directors voted unanimously to approve a strike action by tens of thousands of Hollywood actors, widening the scope of labor unrest in an entertainment industry that is already facing numerous headwinds.
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SAG-AFTRA national board votes to approve strike'The eyes of the world and particularly the eyes of labor are upon us.' Fran Drescher remarks on SAG-AFTRA vote to strike: 'What happens here is important, because what's happening to us is happening across all fields of labor.'
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Actors’ Union SAG-AFTRA Will Go On Strike—Shutting Down HollywoodSAG-AFTRA, the union representing screen actors, will go on strike starting Thursday at midnight, union leaders announced, a seismic event for the entertainment industry that will shut down any remaining film and television production.
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