The film and TV industry is on the verge of a shutdown after contract negotiations failed.
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The Hollywood actors’ union is on the verge of a virtual shutdown of the American film and TV industry.
After a month of tense negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the major studios, talks collapsed at the midnight (PDT) deadline Wednesday, and the union’s negotiating committee unanimously recommended a vote by its national board to call a strike, joining movie and TV writers, who walked out May 2. The vote will be held Thursday morning, and a formal announcement by the actors union is expected at noon PDT; both sides had already extended talks by 12 days after their initial contract expired June 30.
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