"Saturday Night Live" post-production editors announced plans to go on strike, starting with the NBC show's April 1 broadcast.
Unless a new deal with NBCUniversal is signed this month, 12-20 members
of the show's editing and post-production team will halt work.
- The editors are seeking new bargaining sessions to address health benefits and "pay inequities."
- The group is affiliated with the Motion Pictures Editors Guild and is part of IATSE Local 700.
- According to Variety,
"SNL" editors are currently paid at rates far below the industry
standard, and current offers from NBCUniversal do not address the gap.
- Several
"SNL" cast members have spoken out in support of the editors; a number
of cast members wore shirts reading "Contract Now" during the show's
"goodbye" segment on February 4.