LOS ANGELES — The national board of SAG-AFTRA on Thursday authorized the union's members to go on strike after efforts to negotiate a new contract with the major studios collapsed.
The decision led thousands of SAG-AFTRA members to join WGA members on picket lines beginning Friday. The historic action marks the first time since 1960 that both unions have staged walkouts simultaneously. The last actors' strike against the studios was in 1980.
The walkout will halt productions worldwide and cause more economic pain and disruption for the film and TV industry already shaken by the writers' strike that began May 2.
