The fight for 2% − how residuals became a sticking point for striking actors
- Written by David Arditi, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
The SAG-AFTRA actors union has been on strike since July 2023.Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesStreaming disrupted the entire entertainment industry, upending the DVD-purchasing, film-renting, moviegoing model of decades past.
That shift has also changed how actors get paid. And some of the gains actors made through prior labor...





