Hollywood actors announce strike in first joint action with writers in more than 60 years
The union
representing Hollywood actors formally
announced a strike on Thursday, expanding
the standoff
between Hollywood workers and studio executives over wages, AI technology and how to divide the profits of the new digital streaming era
. The strike by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation
of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra), which will begin on Friday, will mark the first time in 63 years that Hollywood writers and actors are striking simultaneously
. Hollywood writers went on strike in early May. Now the 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) will be joined by some of Sag-Aftra’s 160,000 members.
tips
joint:接头;连接;共同的(joint- = join,结合,连接)
union:工会;联盟
expand:使膨胀;扩张
standoff:冷淡;僵局;和局(off 不再生效;比喻用法)
era:纪元;时代;时期
simultaneously:同时地(simil-,simul,相似的)