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Studios’ Labor Focus Shifts to Actors With Writers Deal Clinched
- Writers union board could approve the deal as soon as Tuesday
- Return to full production will await deal with striking actors
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It’s time for Act 2 in Hollywood’s long summer of labor trouble: getting actors back to work.
Striking Hollywood writers reached a new labor agreement with studios including Walt Disney Co. and Netflix Inc., but production remains shut down. An actual return to filming will require a new contract between SAG-Aftra — the Screen Actors Guild — and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the studios’ bargaining group.