{"id":26490,"date":"2023-07-13T23:22:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T23:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/13\/sag-aftra-and-its-160000-members-go-on-strike-tonight-at-midnight\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T23:22:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T23:22:07","slug":"sag-aftra-and-its-160000-members-go-on-strike-tonight-at-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/13\/sag-aftra-and-its-160000-members-go-on-strike-tonight-at-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"SAG-AFTRA and its 160,000 members go on strike tonight at midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"


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SAG-AFTRA<\/strong>\u2018s National Board has officially called for a strike. It begins at midnight (Jul. 13, 2023). 160,000+ actors will stop working, which will include promoting their upcoming work.<\/p>\n

The last time SAG striked was back in 1980. It lasted 95 days.<\/p>\n

Following weeks of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a 12-day extension, and the last-minute presence of a federal mediator, the actor\u2019s guild has joined the WGA on the picket lines<\/a>, demanding a better deal from the studios.<\/p>\n

At a press conference Thursday afternoon, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher<\/a><\/strong> and National Executive Director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland<\/strong> announced that the guild would officially be on strike at midnight PST. \u201cA strike is an instrument of last resort,\u201d Crabtree-Ireland said, citing the weeks of failed negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s happening to us is happening across all fields of labor by means of when employers make Wall Street and greed their priority, and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run,\u201d Drescher told reporters. \u201cThis is a very seminal moment for us. I went in in earnest, thinking that we would be able to avert a strike. The gravity of this move is not lost on me, or our negotiating committee, or our board members who have voted unanimously to proceed with a strike. It\u2019s a very serious thing that impacts thousands, if not millions of people, all across this country and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(WATCH) #SAGAFTRA<\/a> President Fran Drescher and National Executive Director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland speak at press briefing at the guild\u2019s national headquarters in LA pic.twitter.com\/qBGdfBW9Tn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Now that the strike is on, SAG has shared a specific list of rules with its members. Though acting, singing, dancing, performing stunts, or even auditioning for films and TV shows is out, union work in commercials, music videos, corporate\/educational videos, and news broadcasts is permitted.<\/p>\n

Union work on morning shows, talk shows, the three remaining network soap operas, variety shows, reality shows, game shows, and sports programs will also be allowed since all those media are covered under a separate contract called the Network Television Code. This loophole also means the late-night programs that have been shut down since May due to the writer\u2019s strike could potentially return to the air despite the SAG strike, albeit without writers\u2014as some did in 2007, during the last writers strike.<\/p>\n

SAG-negotiated voiceover work for animated projects, video games, and dubbing is more of a gray area. SAG insiders indicate that these sorts of contracts may be permitted as well but say union members can\u2019t move forward with such projects without approval from SAG-AFTRA\u2019s national board.<\/p>\n

Sources also indicate that exceptions can be made for \u201ctruly independent projects\u201d\u2014ones not produced, financed, or distributed by the studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP. Podcast and audiobook work that doesn\u2019t fall under the SAG-AFTRA umbrella is also presumably permitted.<\/p>\n

What won\u2019t be permitted is the promotion of work done under TV and theatrical contracts\u2014which means that as long as the strike continues, actors won\u2019t be able to boost their film and television work through photo shoots, interviews, social media posts, or press of any kind. They won\u2019t be able to attend premieres or awards shows, either.<\/p>\n

There, too, a few exceptions may be made, as Natalie Jarvey and Joy Press wrote earlier this week: \u201cPerformers would be allowed to appear at events like Comic-Con for career-related panels that don\u2019t promote a current project. Charity events and the receipt of lifetime achievement awards would also be permissible, as long as actors aren\u2019t photographed in front of corporate logos on the red carpet.\u201d Actors who produce projects can do press as producers but not as actors.<\/p>\n

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