Actors hit picket lines Friday in their first strike against film and TV productions since 1980 and the nation’s largest strike since 1997.
There are 160,000 members of SAG-AFTRA, the union representing everyone from A-list stars to struggling actors working other jobs while awaiting their first break in the industry. The union argues that the rapid changes in the industry in recent years, with the rise of streaming services, have made it impossible for many if not most of the members to earn a living acting.
This is the largest number of union members to be on strike since 180,000 Teamsters walked out on UPS in 1997. But it might not be the largest for long. The Teamsters, who have 340,000 members at UPS, are threatening to strike the parcel delivery giant on August 1 without a new contract. The writers strike had already halted production on most films and television shows, and the fear is that with the actors joining them there could be a long work stoppage stretching into the fall and perhaps to the end of the year. The traditional start of the fall television season and the release of some big budget movies planned for next year are now at risk.
Management claims it made what it termed an historic offer with significant pay increases for some job classifications, the largest increase in pay minimums in 35 years and new protections that addressed union concerns about the use of artificial intelligence, or AI, in movies and television shows.
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