With SAG-AFTRA’s contract with Hollywood studios set to expire on Friday, both sides are considering extending the negotiations in hopes of avoiding a strike.
Deadline reports that the extension could last until July 7, according to multiple sources. The union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers didn’t officially comment.
SAG-AFTRA leaders told members Saturday that the negotiations have been “extremely productive” and promised to “achieve a seminal deal.” But it appears the membership isn’t all on the same page. Hundreds of actors signed a letter this week urging the union not to compromise on key demands for the sake of averting a strike.
“We hope you’ve heard the message from us: This is an unprecedented inflection point in our industry, and what might be considered a good deal in any other years is simply not enough,” the letter read. “We feel that our wages, our craft, our creative freedom, and the power of our union have all been undermined in the last decade. We need to reverse those trajectories.”
Earlier this month, the union voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if negotiations stall, with almost 98% voting in favor.
If SAG-AFTRA reaches a deal, it would leave the Writers Guild of America as the only Hollywood union on strike, despite early promises of solidarity from the actors’ and directors’ guilds. WGA leadership says the studios’ “divide and conquer” strategy won’t break their resolve, even as the strike prepares to enter its seventh week.
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