Hollywood actors poised to strike after SAG-AFTRA contract expires with no deal

Members of SAG-AFTRA join writers on a picket line outside of Sony Studios in Culver City on May 9, 2023. The union representing Hollywood actors is poised to strike and join writers on picket lines in back-to-back walkouts for the first time since 1960, widening the labor conflict that has roiled the film and TV industry. Despite the involvement of a federal mediator who was brought at the eleventh hour to help resolve the conflict, the sides were unable to agree to a new film and TV contract before a...