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‘I stand with my union and colleagues’, says Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Hollywood actors’ strike

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LOS ANGELES: Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas has lent help to the strike referred to as by a Hollywood actors union and stated she stands in solidarity along with her colleagues.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (SAG-AFTRA) on Thursday voted to hitch screenwriters within the first joint strike after failing to succeed in a consensus for a brand new contract with the studios and streaming providers, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

“I stand with my union and colleagues. In solidarity, we build a better tomorrow. #SagAftraStrong #SagAftraStrike,” Priyanka wrote on Instagram on Friday night time alongside a photograph of SAG-AFTRA brand.

The strike by Hollywood actors is the primary strike since 1980. It can be the primary occasion when two main Hollywood unions have been on strike on the similar time since 1960.

Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have been on strike since early May, demanding higher wages, greater minimal pay, extra writers per present, and shorter unique contracts amongst different issues.

ALSO READ | Striking actors be a part of picket traces as Hollywood shuts down

Priyanka was most not too long ago seen in “Citadel”, streaming service Prime Video’s globetrotting spy collection alongside Richard Madden.

In Hollywood, she has additionally been featured within the tv collection “Quantico” and films similar to “Baywatch”, “Isn’t It Romantic”, “The Matrix Resurrections” and “Love Again”.

LOS ANGELES: Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas has lent help to the strike referred to as by a Hollywood actors union and stated she stands in solidarity along with her colleagues.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (SAG-AFTRA) on Thursday voted to hitch screenwriters within the first joint strike after failing to succeed in a consensus for a brand new contract with the studios and streaming providers, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

“I stand with my union and colleagues. In solidarity, we build a better tomorrow. #SagAftraStrong #SagAftraStrike,” Priyanka wrote on Instagram on Friday night time alongside a photograph of SAG-AFTRA brand.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

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The strike by Hollywood actors is the primary strike since 1980. It can be the primary occasion when two main Hollywood unions have been on strike on the similar time since 1960.

Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have been on strike since early May, demanding higher wages, greater minimal pay, extra writers per present, and shorter unique contracts amongst different issues.

ALSO READ | Striking actors be a part of picket traces as Hollywood shuts down

Priyanka was most not too long ago seen in “Citadel”, streaming service Prime Video’s globetrotting spy collection alongside Richard Madden.

In Hollywood, she has additionally been featured within the tv collection “Quantico” and films similar to “Baywatch”, “Isn’t It Romantic”, “The Matrix Resurrections” and “Love Again”.