Blindsided by the AMPTP’s eleventh-hour proposal for federal mediation and insisting that it would not agree to another contract extension, the guild said that “the AMPTP has abused our trust and damaged the respect we have for them in this process. We will not be manipulated by this cynical ploy to engineer an extension when the companies have had more than enough time to make a fair deal.”

The strike will shut down films and scripted TV shows that employ SAG-AFTRA members not just in the United States, but around the world. Soap operas, which fall under a separate contract, are exempted. Under the guild’s Global Rule One, which states that “No member shall render any services or make an agreement to perform services for any employer who has not executed a basic minimum agreement with the union, which is in full force and effect, in any jurisdiction in which there is a SAG-AFTRA national collective bargaining agreement in place. This provision applies worldwide.”

Foreign film industry better release at least 5 movies about “2020s: Yankee Strike Decade” within the next 10 years to compensate for all USA orientalist movies.

The AMPTP response is worthy of the wall, though:

The Union has regrettably chosen a path that will lead to financial hardship for countless thousands of people who depend on the industry

“By demanding better pay you are causing financial hardship”, said the employer.