2023-07-13 13:40:55
Actors in Hollywood are going on strike today, Thursday, following negotiations between major US studios and the Actors Guild failed, which described production companies’ salary proposals as “insulting.”
After more than four weeks of negotiations, the two parties did not reach any agreement, as the union’s positions are very far from the directions of the film and television producers’ alliance, which includes prominent studios, including “Disney”, “NBC Universal”, “Paramount” and “Warner Brothers”. Discovery, Sony, and digital platforms, most notably Netflix, Amazon, and Apple.
The Actors Syndicate, which represents 160,000 actors and workers in television and cinema, indicated, in a statement, that “the responses of the Film and Television Producers Alliance to the Syndicate’s proposals are insulting and do not respect what we have accomplished for this sector.”
The union office is supposed to support the start of the actors’ strike on Thursday, and Hollywood will witness a double protest movement, the first of its kind in Hollywood since 1960.
Actors and screenwriters are calling for better salaries, in light of the recorded inflation, and guarantees in the event that their work is damaged as a result of resorting to artificial intelligence programs.
It is believed that the actors’ strike, if it happens, will be a heavy blow to the heads of studios and streaming platforms.
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