SAG-AFTRA reaches tentative agreement with Hollywood studios
Agreement on new labor contract sets the stage for film and TV actors to return to work after months-long production freeze.
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Agreement on new labor contract sets the stage for film and TV actors to return to work after months-long production freeze.
We are learning that the SAG-AFTRA strike may be coming to an end soon. Variety and Hollywood Reporter say major studios presented a new deal to the union on Friday. Pressure to find an agreement is mounting as studios don't want to delay movies and actors need a paycheck. Both sides were expected to resume negotiations on Saturday.
Film and TV actors are still on strike in what has become the longest walk-off in their history.
Hollywood workers are feeling the effects of the ongoing W-G-A and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Workers are now beginning to miss mortgage payments, and evictions are becoming more common. That's despite assistance from multiple groups— the Entertainment Community Fund says it's distributed more than six million dollars to nearly 29 hundred TV and film workers. One issue: many workers hadn't been able to rebuild their savings, used up when the industry shut down during the pandemic.
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The writers' union says the studios asked for a meeting to discuss restarting contract talks. A joint writers-actors walkout has crippled Hollywood production.
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