A group of SAG-AFTRA members, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jean Smart and Bob Balaban, has released a video urging their fellow performers to approve the strike authorization that’s currently out for a vote of the guild’s eligible members.
The vote comes in advance of the guild’s upcoming negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which are set to start on June 7.
A strike, if it comes to that, could not start before June 30, when the guild’s current contract expires. The Directors Guild, meanwhile, is currently in negotiations with the AMPTP.
Their contract also expires on June 30, and the Writers Guild has been on strike for 29 days. “I’m asking you to join me in voting ‘yes’ on the strike authorization,” Louis-Dreyfus says on the video.
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