The Screen Actors Guild has gone on strike after it and the AMPTP failed to come to an agreement on a new contract. SAG-AFTRA adds to the ongoing writers’ strike.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), the union that represents working actors, is going on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The strike will begin at midnight on July 14, after the two parties were unable to come to an agreement on a new contract before the previous one expired earlier this week. The SAG strike adds to the ongoing labor upheaval in Hollywood; the Writers Guild of America (WGA) remains on strike after negotiations with AMPTP over its own members’ contract lapsed in May.
The SAG-AFTRA strike means that actors who are members of SAG-AFTRA will not work with any studios on their projects, including but not limited to television, movies, podcasts, and radio.
