Actors represented by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA voted Monday evening to authorize a strike if they don't agree on a new contract by June 30.
by the writers strike would come to a near-standstill, from production to promoting completed projects.began walking the picket lines on May 2.
Representatives for both the writers guild and the actors guild congratulated the directors group for reaching a tentative deal, though neither commented on specific points of the DGA terms. The WGA also said thatThe DGA deal did not sit well with some individual WGA members, some of whom remembered when the directors negotiated their own contract while the writers were striking in 2007-2008.
"Our position is clear: to resolve the strike, the companies will have to negotiate with the WGA on our full agenda," the WGA letter had said. "We will continue to march until the companies negotiate fairly with us."their aims are also different in many arenas. For the directors, securing international streaming residuals that account for subscriber growth was a key component, as were wages, safety , diversity and inclusion and the addition of Juneteenth as a paid holiday.
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