duncan crabtree—ireland, thank duncan cra btree—ireland, thank you duncan crabtree—ireland, thank you will block any oil tankers that come into the oil port over the next couple of hours. but this is also a protest against the swedish government. the centre—right coalition that's beenin centre—right coalition that's been in power here for about a year has pushed back on some of the previous government's promises to cut emissions and last week there was a budget here and taxes were cut from cars with diesel and petrol so the protesters here say that sets the context also for the protest and they are planning to carry out further direct action later in the week, in gothenburg and also in malmo in the south of sweden. this is a relatively new group of activists, they've been around since march, aged between 12 and 30 and they said they wanted to take a new approach to trying to tackle the climate crisis, to raise awareness. we've seen the fridays for future move that started here with greta thunberg over the last four years, growing all of the world. but people here say they want to try

duncan crabtree—ireland, thanks forjoining me. and duncan, let's start with this.onths since the writers went on strike. i've got to ask you, duncan, did you expect the strikes just to go on this long? yeah, i mean, really not. it's been over four months since the writers guild went on strike. for us, it's 60 days, two months, since sag—aftra, the actors, went on strike, and i didn't really imagine that it would have gone on this long with so little communication and interaction from the studios and streamers, because the strikes are having a huge impact on the industry, not only in the us but around the world. and frankly, i think it's a bit irresponsible that they haven't gotten back to the table yet. and duncan, what do you want to see that's not being offered on the table right now? well, what i first want to see is some type of opportunity for us to talk about moving this negotiation forward, because there has never been a strike that ended with no communication between the parties. the only way that parties can reach an agreement is to talk to each other. whe

joining me now is the national executive director of the sag-aftra union, duncan crabtree ireland. nk you for joining. as we appreciate it. the alliance of motion pictures and -- negotiating the companies haven't come to the table with sag members since july. where do things stand right now? >> yeah, it's been 52 days today since our strike began. we haven't had any outreach from the companies looking to come back to the table been saying every day that we want to be back at the table, we're always wanting to be back at the table. i'm glad they've been -- doesn't seem to have too much so -- i hope that the companies will renew their commitment as we move past labor day to get back in the room and make a fair deal that can bring the strikes to a close. >> i'm glad you brought up the rioters galled, they were offered what they've called a quote unquote, comprehensive package. still falling short of what the rioters want. what was your reaction to that proposal? >> it wasn't a comprehensive package. there was one major new development which was an agreement on the part of the companies

there they are, duncan crabtree—ireland, the man leading the negotiations for the actors, and tim richardshe copyright of creators and writers? the big boss of the american software giant adobe believes we can. but can he get his latest $20 billion deal past the regulators?

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