The SAG-AFTRA union, which represents 160,000 Hollywood actors, recommended that they go on strike after the deadline for negotiations with the Producers Alliance at midnight on July 13th. The industry is preparing for a simultaneous strike of writers and actors, writes The Guardian.
The SAG-AFTRA statement said the negotiating committee voted unanimously to recommend a strike. The National Council of the Trade Union will make a final decision on Thursday morning (Moscow evening).
“After a month of negotiations, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is an organization representing major studios and streaming platforms including Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros. Discovery remains unwilling to offer a fair deal on key issues important to SAG-AFTRA members,” the announcement reads. Basically, these questions relate to the remuneration of actors.
The strike is expected to immediately affect the promotion of the most anticipated films of the summer. Thus, the evening premiere of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in London was moved an hour earlier, so that the actors had time to go to the press and on the red carpet before the strike was announced. World premieres of other major projects, including “Barbie” and “Mission Impossible: Deadly Reckoning. Part I” has already taken place, but if the strike starts, the actors will not take part in any further promotional activities.
The strike could also disrupt the Emmy Awards and affect San Diego Comic-Con, which is due to begin on July 20. In general, the industry will face serious problems that will affect other workers in the industry and the entire economy of Hollywood.
Source: Rosbalt
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