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SAG-AFTRA goes on strike at midnight tonight


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After weeks of unsuccessful negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the union representing about 160,000 of the entertainment industry’s American laborers will begin striking at midnight tonight.

This afternoon, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland announced that the union’s national board has unanimously voted to go on strike in direct response to the AMPTP’s refusal “to offer a fair deal on key issues essential to protecting the livelihoods of working actors and performers.”

Crabtree-Ireland said that while SAG-AFTRA — which represents thousands of actors,…

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By: Charles Pulliam-Moore
Title: SAG-AFTRA goes on strike at midnight tonight
Sourced From: www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23792030/sag-aftra-strike-amptp
Published Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:19:17 +0000

Charles Pulliam-Moore
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