Hollywood actors poised to strike, joining writers on picket lines
nypost.comperformers to join film and television writers on picket lines as early as Thursday.The SAG-AFTRA actors union, which represents 160,000 members, said its national board would vote on a strike order on Thursday morning.
If approved, Hollywood studios would face their first dual work stoppage in 63 years and be forced to shut down production across the United States.Both SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are demanding increases in base pay and residuals in the streaming TV era plus assurances that their work will not be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI).Fran Drescher, former star of “The Nanny” and the president of SAG-AFTRA, said studios’ responses to the actors’ concerns had been “insulting and disrespectful.”“The companies have refused to meaningfully engage on some topics and on others completely stonewalled us,” she said in a statement.
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