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Striking actors latest scare tactic? Halloween pickets and clever costumes

SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee member Frances Fisher, middle, poses with striking actors wearing masks with Fisher’ s face, while walking the line during a Halloween- themed picket in front of Netflix in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023.

LOS ANGELES — Witches, black cats, Jack-o'-lanterns, spiders, cowboys and vampires lurked outside Netflix's offices in Los Angeles this week in the latest group effort by striking actors to spook the major Hollywood studios into agreeing to their terms and bringing an end to the work stoppage that has haunted the entertainment industry for months.

The performers union, SAG-AFTRA, hosted two Halloween pickets on Tuesday, "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble!" at Netflix and "Spooky Solidarity Day" at the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank.

During the holiday demonstrations, guild members showed their commitment to the cause by donning disguises that fit the theme while abiding by the union's widely panned costume guidelines — which advised members to

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