real life drama for hollywood actors as contract talks collapse setting up a strike. plus president biden in finland to welcome one and eventually two nordic nations to the nato alliance. and federal prosecutors talk to the top elections official in michigan. what does she know about efforts to overturn the 2020 vote. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we begin this morning with a developing story out of hollywood, california, where contract negotiations with the s.a.g. actors union and major studios and streamers broke down overnight. this sets the stage for hollywood s first big shutdown in more than six decades. union leaders say its national board will meet a few hours from now to formally authorize a strike. s.a.g. has about 160,000 members. if they go on strike, they would join hollywood screen writers who walked off the job in may. more on this coming up. but first president biden with a meeting of nordic leaders in finland this morning fo
Our policies need to evolve as well. he i just hope studios can be as collaborative with thing e acto union so people can go back to work. they may soon start hitting the picket lines. union leaders say its national board will meet today to formally authorize a strike. the contract for s.a.g. actor has expired and no deal was reached overnight. let s bring in a culture reporter the time. laura, thanks for being with us. so what are the issues here? yeah, so the main issues here, that s.a.g. actors striking over have a lot to with the rise of the streaming bubble. that means that there are shorter tv seasons, longer periods between them, which means that it is just tougher to make a living essentially. they are looking at trying to raise minimum pay rates. they are really concerned about
Real life drama for hollywood actors as contract talks collapse setting up a strike. plus president biden in finland to welcome one and eventually two nordic nations to the nato alliance. and federal prosecutors talk to the top elections official in michigan. what does she know about efforts to overturn the 2020 vote. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we begin this morning with a developing story out of hollywood, california, where contract negotiations with the s.a.g. actors union and major studios and streamers broke down overnight. this sets the stage for hollywood s first big shutdown in more than six decades. union leaders say its national board will meet a few hours from now to formally authorize a strike. s.a.g. has about 160,000
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