Actors Guild Set to Join Writers for Hollywood’s First Double Strike in More Than 60 Years

SAG-AFTRA’s national board expected to unanimously vote to order a strike on Thursday morning.

Via The Wrap:

History was made on Thursday morning when talks between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) ended Wednesday night without an agreement on a new contract.

Now members of SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee have unanimously voted to recommend the guild go on strike, and a formal vote will be put to SAG-AFTRA’s national board Thursday morning.

If the vote passes, as it is expected to unanimously, SAG-AFTRA will order its 160,000 members to go on strike from all television and film productions, joining members of the Writers Guild of America who have been on strike since May 2.

“SAG-AFTRA negotiated in good faith and was eager to reach a deal that sufficiently addressed performer needs, but the AMPTP’s responses to the union’s most important proposals have been insulting and disrespectful of our massive contributions to this industry. The companies have refused to meaningfully engage on some topics and on others completely stonewalled us,” said guild president Fran Drescher in a statement.

Boom!

Billy Ray on Twitter: “The truth?What SAG is about to do – walking out – will one day be viewed, correctly, as the moment that actors SAVED our business.It was heading for a cliff by strangling the very people who make it flourish. WORKERS. That had to be fixed.Now it will be. https://t.co/llCMIEC37R / Twitter”

The truth?What SAG is about to do – walking out – will one day be viewed, correctly, as the moment that actors SAVED our business.It was heading for a cliff by strangling the very people who make it flourish. WORKERS. That had to be fixed.Now it will be. https://t.co/llCMIEC37R

As the saying goes: “Game on.”

To read the entire SAG-AFTRA statement, go here.

For the rest of The Wrap article, go here.

For the latest updates on the strike and news resources, go here.

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