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SAG-AFTRA members may go on strike soon. Here are four reasons why

29 June, 2023

Hollywood’s actors could be on the verge of striking over their main film and TV contract for the first time in 43 years. SAG-AFTRA members have already voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if their leaders can’t secure a new film and TV contract to replace one that expires midnight Friday. It would mark the first time since 1960 that the major studios would face back-to-back strikes by actors and writers, who walked out May 2 in a dispute fueled mainly by streaming pay.

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