A deal between SAG actors and production studios would end one of the longest work disruptions in Hollywood’s history.
SAG-AFTRA members and supporters picket outside of the Netflix building on Tuesday in Los Angeles. SAG-AFTRA, the union representing tens of thousands of striking actors, announced a breakthrough deal with Hollywood studios Wednesday night. If approved, the contract would bring an end to labor disputes that have crippled the U.S. entertainment industry since May.
The crisis dramatically escalated in mid-July, when SAG actors walked out, too. Members of both unions overwhelmingly supported the strikes, which left studios without most screenwriters and a limited number of performers to put on camera. University of Southern California historian and Hollywood labor expert Steven J. Ross told The Washington Post this summer that this was “an existential strike.”Actors and writers had gone on strike separately many times, but their unions had not joined forces in a walkout since 1960, when workers demanded a bigger cut of the growing market for TV broadcasts, among other transformative issues.
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