It would be the largest private sector strike since 74,000 General Motors workers went on strike in 2007.
“The workers are getting squeezed more and more for their labor as the profits are getting higher,” added Bouzi.
It would be the first such national strike since the IATSE was formed 128 years ago.
The threat of a strike among Hollywood workers and other large groups of workers around the US have inspired calls from labor unions to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the collective action and energy from these labor actions.