SAG-AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, began its strike on July 14 over an ongoing labour dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Talks between the two parties restarted on October 2, but broke down again on October 11, with studios saying that negotiations were “no longer moving us in a positive direction.”The two sides have so far failed to come to an agreement over a deal, with SAG-AFTRA demanding increased pay, a share of streaming revenues and protection against actors’ images and voices being replicated by artificial intelligence.
Most production of American films and television at major studios has been on hold since the strike began.Now, Melissa Gilbert, who was president of the union between 2001 and 2005, has called out SAG-AFTRA out for the policy, which she said she thinks is “silly bullshit” and “infantile.”A post shared by Melissa E.
Gilbert (@melissagilbertofficial)“THIS is what you guys come up with? Literally no one cares what anyone wears for Halloween,” Gilbert wrote on Instagram. “I mean, do you really think this kind of infantile stuff is going to end the strike?
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