Renewal negotiations started in May and stalled on Sept. The previous three-year contract expired in July. About 60,000 members are covered by the contract being renegotiated with studios. The union represents some 150,000 crew members in the United States and Canada: camera operators, cinematographers, script coordinators, prop makers, set builders, editors, makeup artists and other behind-the-scenes specialists. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said that 90 percent of eligible members cast online votes between Friday and Sunday nearly 99 percent of the votes were in favor of a strike. LOS ANGELES - Hollywood moved closer to a production shutdown on Monday after one of the film and television industry’s lower-profile unions said that members had overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike.
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