The union that represents more than 160,000 Hollywood actors and presenters in film, radio and television has decided to go on strike if it doesn't reach a new agreement with the studios by June 30.

This decision was ratified on Monday night by 98% of the 65,000 or so votes cast and negotiations are due to begin on Wednesday between the SAG-AFTRA union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents the studios of Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC Universal, Paramount and Sony.

The actors' demands are similar to those of the screenwriters, who went on strike for the sixth week after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) union failed to reach a pay deal with film and television producers.

The actors, many of whom have shown support for the screenwriters in their fight with the big studios, are also calling for an improvement in working conditions and salaries, which they feel are out of step with inflation and the growing role of streaming platforms.

"In addition, the actors showed concern about the use of images generated by artificial intelligence and the management of voice and image rights," reads the report published by Lusa.

The last time Hollywood actors went on strike was in 2000.

As a result, the WGA is demanding around 600 million dollars in salary increases and other benefits for screenwriters, such as the compensation that a member of the team receives whenever the product is broadcast on television again, which, according to the organization, has been reduced by streaming platforms.

"The WGA is asking for increases of 5% and 6%, more screenwriters for each production, a minimum of 10 weeks of employment per year, limits on the use of artificial intelligence in scriptwriting and a renegotiation of residual payments in streaming," he says.

Meanwhile, the union has calculated that this package increases annual payments by 429 million dollars. The studios' counter-proposal is worth only 86 million dollars.

The effects of the writers' strike were already being felt in the industry, forcing the suspension of production on series such as "Stranger Things", "Cobra Kai" or "The Last of Us".

However, a possible actors' strike could further complicate the development of new productions in Hollywood.