SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Applauds U.K. Solidarity as Equity Boss Warns Britain Could Also Face Industrial Action in Next 12 Months
21.08.2023 - 22:41
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Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland joined the heads of U.K. actors and crew unions Equity and Bectu in a webinar on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing strikes and their increasingly heavy impact on the British entertainment industry. While Crabtree-Ireland seemed appreciative of the international support for the SAG-AFTRA strike — “We know your members are hurting in the industry as well,” he told more than 500 union members who joined the virtual event in hope of an update — the union leader provided few details around the state of negotiations so far.
“This is Day 39 of the SAG-AFTRA part of the strike, and it’s well over 100 days for the writers strike,” said Crabtree-Ireland. “When is this going to be over? I wish I could give you a definitive answer right now. That question needs to be answered by the CEOs of the studios and streamers who are deciding what’s happening.” U.K.
crew and industry are feeling the pain of the knock-on effects of the U.S. actors strike. As major Hollywood productions filming in the U.K.
such as “Deadpool 3” and “Venom 3” have ground to a halt as a result of labor action, entire crews have been suspended with little notice. The webinar was organized by crew union Bectu to give its members the chance to hear directly from SAG-AFTRA for the first time about the issues at the centre of the dispute, and the latest prospects for renewed negotiations. Commenting on the restarted talks earlier this month between Hollywood’s bargaining unit, the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and the Writers Guild of America, Crabtree-Ireland said he was “not in a position to comment” but that the negotiations are “ongoing.”
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