Members of the Writers Guild of America East and SAG-AFTRA walk the picket line outside NBC Rockefeller Center on July 14, 2023 in New York City. When Screen Actors Guild president Fran Drescher ...

Joining the union has been a Catch-22 for most struggling performers. To get a card, an actor first has to land a few union jobs. But the auditions usually are open only to union actors.

A robot named IRB 2400 (pictured) has applied for a Screen Actors Guild card. Membership benefits include health care, pension, and competitive rate mortgages.

When Screen Actors Guild president Fran Drescher announced that the union’s more than 160,000 film and TV actors would be going on strike beginning Friday, among the most alarming revelations was that ...