SAG-AFTRA Contract Talks Fail To Reach Deal; National Board To Meet Thursday Morning To Formally Launch Strike
deadline.comContract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP broke off tonight, and the guild’s national board will meet Thursday morning to formally approve the launch of a strike.
It will be the first actors strike against the film and television industry since 1980 and the first time that actors and writers have been on strike at the same time since 1960, when Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild.
Picketing is set to begin Friday morning. The Writers Guild’s strike, meanwhile, is now entering its 73rd day with no end in sight.
Many striking writers, however, have been rooting for SAG-AFTRA to go on strike alongside them in a show of union solidarity that will force the studios to return to the bargaining table and recognize their demands for a bigger share of the profits their work creates. RELATED: What Happens To Hollywood (And Beyond) If The Actors Go On Strike The guild’s contract had originally been set to expire on June 30 but was extended until July 12 to allow bargaining to continue.
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