Hollywood actors announce strike in first joint action with writers in more than 60 years

The union representing Hollywood actors formally announced a strike on Thursday, expanding the standoff between Hollywood workers and studio executives over wages, AI technology and how to divide the profits of the new digital streaming era. The strike by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra), which will begin on Friday, will mark the first time in 63 years that Hollywood writers and actors are striking simultaneously. Hollywood writers went on strike in early May. Now the 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) will be joined by some of Sag-Aftra’s 160,000 members.

tips

joint：接头；连接；共同的（joint- = join，结合，连接）

union：工会；联盟

expand：使膨胀；扩张

standoff：冷淡；僵局；和局（off 不再生效；比喻用法）

era：纪元；时代；时期

simultaneously：同时地(simil-，simul，相似的)