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IrelandWeek's October events celebrating Irish music, movies, business, technology and more in Los Angeles, California have been postponed due to the Screen Writers / SAG Strikes.
IrelandWeek's October events celebrating Irish music, movies, business, technology and more in Los Angeles, California have been postponed due to the Screen Writers / SAG Strikes.
About 160,000 actors voted to strike this week. the actors join more than 10,000 screen writers on the picket lines. it's the first time both unions have been on strike simultaneously since 1960. the union representing actors and the studios are feuding over two major issues, compensation and the use of artificial intelligence in productions. the tv and film studios say they offered the highest pay increase in 35 years and a proposal to limit the impact of a.i. but the union argues rapid changes in the industry along with the rise in streaming services have made it impossible for its members o...
To their ceos. >> reporter: now, the actors have asked for several things including an increase in those minimum rates for streaming. they want protections against ai and the studios put out a list. they responded to that conference, put out a list of things that they said they offered during the negotiations including a ground breaking protection plan against ai, but the actors said it's just not good enough. lindsey. >> and we're talking about ai, these actors worried about productions using their likeness without their permission. we're a long way removed from the last time actors joined sc...
Is -- it's really un-american and unconscionable. >> rich: fran drescher, the president of the actors union ripping the hollywood studios as thousands of actors join the picket lines joining screen writers on strike the first time in decades. kelly o'grady is live in los angeles. kelly. >> good to see you, yes, a lot of frustration, a lot of passion here. the first time in 63 years that you have bth the writers and the actors striking at the same time, and what the writers are hoping is that the actors will create a lot of leverage that they have not had the past few months. we have seen a lot...