Hollywood actors are striking over pay and other concerns. Screen Actors Guild—American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), the union that represents film and TV actors, said negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) broke down.

The leaders of SAG-AFTRA approved a strike on July 13, and actors will be on the picket line starting on July 14. We compiled a group of articles on the news from SHRM Online and other trusted sources.

Two Hollywood Strikes

SAG-AFTRA will strike for the first time since 1980 after failing to reach a new labor deal with the studios. The actors' strike, alongside a simultaneous screenwriters' strike, could lead to a quicker end to Hollywood's labor war.

SAG-AFTRA is Hollywood's largest union, which encompasses 160,000 members, including TV journalists, stage performers, stunt and background performers, radio personalities and fashion models.

AMPTP represents the major Hollywood studios and streamers, including Warner Bros., Paramount, Netflix, Disney and others.

The union and studios are fighting over how much workers are paid when their shows and movies are licensed to streaming services. Additionally, the rapid growth of artificial intelligence has caused concern among writers and actors that their work could be replaced or replicated by machines.

Actor Matt Damon said, "Nobody wants a work stoppage, but if our leadership is saying that the deal isn't fair, then we gotta hold strong till...

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