AMC The American Federation of Radio & Television Artists ratified its new contract yesterday. Although AFTRA is the smaller of the two actors’ unions up for contract renewal, the vote (approving the pact with 62% in favor) would appear to make a strike by the larger Screen Actors Guild less likely. Anything can happen, of [...]

As the SAG contract expiration approaches on Monday, the New York Times looks at the reasons there might be a strike—and why, because of the threat of a strike, there will be a de facto “strike” for many movies anyway: Labor unrest continues to dominate the landscape in Hollywood, and the possibility of a strike [...]