Variety.com reports that SAG "has made its strike threat official, announcing it will send out authorization ballots Jan. 2 and reveal the results Jan. 23 — setting the stage for an Oscars boycott and a halt to most production."
According to the report, "More than 75% of voting members will have to affirm the authorization for SAG to go on strike. Final say over a walkout will come from the guild's national board of directors, and SAG toppers insist such a step is only a last resort."
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Source: Variety.com.
SAG (Screen Actors Guild) is the USA largest labor union representing working actors. It represents nearly 120,000 actors who work in motion pictures, television, commercials, industrials, video games, Internet and all new media formats.