Hollywood strikes cause a ripple effect beyond the film industry
Published July 21, 2023, 9:20 a.m. by Courtney
hollywood actors joined writers on picket lines on Friday for the first time after failing to reach a deal on a new contract with motion picture studios. Here's the latest on the SAG-AFTRA strike and what the actors' union is asking for.
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'S IN HOLLYWOOD ACTORS HAVE
JOINED SCREENWRITERS FOR THE
FIRST DUAL STRIKE SINCE 1960.
THIS COMES AFTER MORE THAN A
MONTH OF TALKS OVER A NEW
CONTRACT THAT BROKE DOWN.
WE SHOULD NOTE THAT SOME CBS
NEWS STAFF ARE SAG MEMBERS.
THEY ARE UNDER A DIFFERENT
CONTRACT AND ARE NOT AFFECTED
BY THE STRIKE.
REPORTER, MARCI GONZALEZ
REPORTS.
>> Reporter: FOR HOLLYWOOD
ACTORS LIKE, REVEREND SHAFRAN,
THIS IS REAL LIFE.
>> I AM IN THE NEW BARBIE MOVIE.
I ONLY MADE A COUPLE HUNDRED
BUCKS A DAY.
I DON'T MAKE ANY ROYALTIES, I
DON'T MAKE ANYTHING OFF THIS TO
ME.
>> Reporter: THE STRIKE IS
HAVING A RIPPLE EFFECT.
IN NEW YORK, FILM AND TV
REDUCTION EMPLOYS 185,000
PEOPLE.
IN GEORGIA, THE INDUSTRY BRINGS
NEARLY $4.5 BILLION IN DIRECT
SPENDING.
CALIFORNIA, AND PROVIDE 600,000
JOBS AND 70 BILLION IN WAGES.
PRODUCTION HAS NOW HALTED ON
SEVERAL PROJECTS INCLUDING
SEQUELS TO FRANCHISES LIKE,
DEADPOOL, VENOM, GLADIATOR.
ACTORS WANT RESIDUALS FOR
STREAMING AND ACCUSE THE
ALLIANCE OF MOTION PICTURE AND
TELEVISION PRODUCERS OF BEING
GREEDY.
>> THE JIG IS UP.
WE STAND TALL.
YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP AND SMELL
THE COFFEE.
>> Reporter: CYNTHIA SAYS THERE
IS A NEW REALITY.
>> WITH THE CHANGES DRIVEN BY
TECHNOLOGY, THE PROFIT
POTENTIAL FOR HOLLYWOOD IS
INCREDIBLY CHALLENGED RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: SOME CBS NEWS
STAFF ARE SAG-AFTRA MEMBERS.
THEY WORK UNDER A DIFFERENT
CONTRACT AND ARE NOT AFFECTED
BY THE STRIKE.
>> WE ARE ASKING FOR WHAT IS
FAIR.
FOR PEOPLE TO SURVIVE IN THIS
INDUSTRY.
>> Reporter: NORMALLY BUSY
STUDIOS LIKE WARNER BROS.
COULD BE SHUT DOWN FOR MONTHS.
IS NOT JUST ACTORS AND WRITERS
WHO ARE IMPACTED, THOSE WHO
WORK IN CATERING, COSTUME, A
CUP, SO MANY BEHIND
