Hundreds of actors are ready to strike if SAG-AFTRA doesn’t secure a truly ‘transformative deal’
by Charles Pulliam-Moore from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CJ9S)
Image: SAG-AFTRA Ahead of SAG-AFTRA's current labor contract with the AMPTP expiring on June 30th, hundreds of the union's members have signed an open letter to leadership warning that they are more than ready to strike if a new deal properly addressing all of their concerns isn't hammered out.
Earlier this week, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland posted a curious video update in which they said that they couldn't provide any real details about the union's negotiations with the AMPTP for confidentiality reasons.
SAG-AFTRA's members already voted in favor of authorizing a strike earlier this month. But the latest update from the union's leadership raised red flags that over 300 actors, including...