No sweat: SAG yields to warmth, cancels 2 days of picketing
The Screen Actors Guild canceled picket strains in New York City on Thursday and Friday over scorching climate.
The strikes had been anticipated at places of work of NBCUniversal, Paramount, Netflix, HBO and Amazon all through town.
The Writers Guild of America additionally canceled strikes Friday, however the union nonetheless deliberate to picket at its standard NYC places Thursday earlier than ending at 11 a.m.
According to the National Weather Service, the New York space is underneath an excessive warmth warning for Thursday and Friday. The company stated temperatures within the metropolis may attain properly into the triple digits, making picketing harmful.
Both unions have been routinely picketing within the metropolis since their strikes started. The WGA has been on strike since early May whereas SAG walked off July 14. New York, very like Los Angeles, has been a hotbed of Hollywood labor demonstrations. Earlier this week, SAG hosted a rally in Times Square that introduced out many well-known faces.
The two unions are in contract negotiations with the studios and hope to get enchancment to residuals, office safety and rules on how synthetic intelligence can be utilized in motion pictures and TV.
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