After spending 118 days on the picket line, the guild’s strike will officially come to a close at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.
The 2023 Hollywood actors’ strike will come to an end at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday after SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement with the studios on a new three-year contract.
The agreement does not necessarily mean the historic labor action is over for good. First it heads to the guild’s national board, which is expected to meet on Friday to review and consider its terms.Only after that will the deal be sent to the union’s more than 150,000 members for ratification. On Friday, the studios presented the union with what they called their “last, best and final” offer. Two days later, the union informed members that it had delivered its response, noting that the offer fell short on “several essential items,” including A.I. guidelines.reported that the AMPTP finally modified its language around A.I. on Monday night, triggering a 10-hour SAG-AFTRA committee meeting on Tuesday that continued into Wednesday morning.
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