A decision to strike will be made during a meeting. If the actors go on strike, it'll mark the first time since 1960 that actors and writers picket film and television productions.
"This is the Union’s choice, not ours. In doing so, it has dismissed our offer of historic pay and residual increases, substantially higher caps on pension and health contributions, audition protections, shortened series option periods, a groundbreaking AI proposal that protects actors’ digital likenesses, and more," the group said in a statement.
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." SAG-AFTRA represents more than 160,000 screen actors, broadcast journalists, announcers, hosts and stunt performers. The walkout affects only the union’s 65,000 actors from television and film productions, who voted overwhelmingly to authorize their leaders to call a strike before talks began on June 7.since their own talks collapsed and their contract expired on May 2. The stoppage has showed no signs of a solution, with no negotiations even planned.
That strike brought the immediate shutdown of late-night talk shows and "Saturday Night Live," and several scripted shows, including "Stranger Things" on Netflix," "Hacks" on Max, and "Family Guy" on Fox, have either had their writers’ rooms
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