A historic double strike is about to take place in the entertainment industry as SAG-AFTRA gears up to join the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines. After almost five weeks of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the actors' union's Television/Theatrical/Streaming contracts have expired without a successor agreement. Starting on July 13, 2023, at midnight PT, the actors in the guild no longer had a contract with the AMPTP, which represents major studios and streamers like Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros. Discovery. SAG-AFTRA announced overnight that its negotiating committee had voted unanimously to recommend its 160,000 members strike after weeks of negotiations with companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Disney, and Warner Bros. disintegrated. Unlike the WGA, who announced that their strike was on immediately after their contract expired, SAG-AFTRA will meet Thursday morning on whether to strike. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 13 July, 2023