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SAG-AFTRA members approve strike authorization by overwhelming margin

LOS ANGELES — Members of SAG-AFTRA have voted to strike if they can’t reach a deal with studios over a new contract by June 30, underscoring widening labor tensions across Hollywood. The vote was overwhelmingly approved by a 98% margin, the union said Monday night. The endorsement gives the union more leverage in negotiations with studios that begin Wednesday on behalf of its 160,000 ...
Writers Guild of America members, with support from SAG-AFTRA, walk the picket line on the first day of their strike in front of Sony Pictures on May 2, 2023, in Culver City, California.

LOS ANGELES — Members of SAG-AFTRA have voted to strike if they can’t reach a deal with studios over a new contract by June 30, underscoring widening labor tensions across Hollywood.

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