Will the actors go out on strike next? 'If they do, I think it's going to change the complexion of the strike,” Steven Ross, the author of 'Working-Class Hollywood,' tells The Daily Beast.
The momentum kept building this week, as SAG-AFTRA announced that both its negotiating committee and National Board had unanimously agreed to authorize a strike. While its members prepare for their own vote, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher urged them in ato “make three a charm with an emphatic ‘yes’ for a strike authorization vote!” To do so, she wrote, would be an “unprecedented show of solidarity.
Dresher’s statement calls the strike a “last resort”—one that provides “maximum bargaining leverage” as SAG-AFTRA heads into talks with studios. Still, the prospect of actors walking out could hold major sway.
At this stage, Gerald Horne—Moores Professor of History & African American Studies, University of Houston and author of—explains to The Daily Beast via email, “SAG-AFTRA authorization is critical. Ditto Teamsters and other ‘below the line’ unions.” One possible note of encouragement? General membership appears poised to vote yes, joining the other two layers of SAG-AFTRA—the National Board and negotiating committee—in approving a walkout if necessary.
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