David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA national executive director David White said today that the union came close to calling for a strike in order to secure greater protections for performers involved in nude scenes and simulated sex.
The union reached a deal with management’s AMPTP in the early morning hours of June 11 – but just barely. “We almost had to walk in order to get this,” he said in a podcast released today. “It’s worth noting that several of these changes did not happen until the last days of negotiations.”“Some of these seem like they’re such simple changes and along the lines of common sense,” he said of the bargaining process.
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