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26 SAG-AFTRA | Fall/Winter 2023 | sagaftra.org S hortly after summer ended, the WGA announced it had reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. The announcement came on Sept. 24, and the WGA strike officially concluded on Sept. 27. In light of the writers securing important gains and essential AI protections, many SAG-AFTRA members were hopeful the AMPTP would be more reasonable when their own negotiations resumed. Unfortunately, the AMPTP's delays on returning to the bargaining table, decision to unexpectedly stop negotiations, and intransigence on key issues prolonged the industry shutdown. At the Sept. 13 march and rally in Hollywood, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher called out the executives, saying, "They're ruining it for everyone except themselves." "Make no mistake about it," National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said in his speech to the crowd of 4,000 attendees, "this is the AMPTP's strike. The current industry shutdown has SAG-AFTRA members fill the streets during a picket in New York. Hot Strike Summer Becomes Empowered Worker Autumn