Don't expect the SAG-AFTRA strike to end anytime soon, as union says studios offered worse deal than the one to begin with

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After the WGA writers' strike finally came to an end after over 100 days, you might have been anticipating the SAG-AFTRA actors' strike following suit as the union and studios headed back to the negotiating table. 

Sadly, though, talks have ended with no deal – in fact, SAG-AFTRA says the studios offered a worse deal than the one to begin with. 

"It is with profound disappointment that we report the industry CEOs have walked away from the bargaining table after refusing to counter our latest offer," the union wrote on Twitter. "We have negotiated with them in good faith, despite the fact that last week they presented an offer that was, shockingly, worth less than they proposed before the strike began."

The actors' strike kicked off on July 14, 2023. The sticking point between the union and the studios has been AI proposals and revenue sharing across streaming shows. 

"These companies refuse to protect performers from being replaced by AI, they refuse to increase your wages to keep up with inflation, and they refuse to share a tiny portion of the immense revenue YOUR work generates for them," the union continued. "We have made big, meaningful counters on our end, including completely transforming our revenue share proposal, which would cost the companies less than 57¢ per subscriber each year. They have rejected our proposals and refused to counter.

"Instead they use bully tactics. Just tonight, they intentionally misrepresented to the press the cost of the above proposal – overstating it by 60%."

SAG-AFTRA also spoke more on AI proposals: "They have done the same with AI, claiming to protect performer consent, but continuing to demand 'consent' on the first day of employment for use of a performer's digital replica for