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Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike

  • Written by David Arditi, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas Arlington
Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strikeAs this picket sign says: lights, cameras, no action.Katie McTiernan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

For the first time since 1960, actors and screenwriters are on strike at the same time.

As with many of the other strikes that have rippled across the United States over the past three years, this walkout is over demands for better pay and...

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