The AMPTP's Demand for Better Pay for Voice Actors

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The AMPTP, which represents all of the big studios and production companies in Hollywood, they have a contract with SAG-AFTRA. It was coming up for renewal and Sag brought forth its demands to get better pay because we're not able to feed our children and pay our mortgages. And what are the studios saying to these demands? Is there any common crowd? Well, it's hard to tell because nobody's releasing exactly what they said.

The actors are officially on strike. Vox senior correspondent and critic Alissa Wilkinson breaks down what SAG-AFTRA is afta, and the New Yorker’s Michael Schulman explains how one of Netflix’s first original shows was an early warning sign.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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