The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has voted unanimously to recommend a strike after the union failed to reach an agreement with major Hollywood studios by their contracts deadline.

SAG-AFTRA said its national board will vote Thursday morning on whether to strike, and it appears likely that they will do so.

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The union said that after "more than four weeks of bargaining," the entity representing top Hollywood studios "remains unwilling to offer a fair deal on the key issues that are essential to SAG-AFTRA members."

Key issues — also shared by the Writers Guild of America, where writers began striking in May — include a desire for an increase in streaming residuals, higher pay, and better protections against artificial intelligence.

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major studios and streamers such as Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros. Discovery, requested to have a third party broker a contract deal that would satisfy both the actors union and the WGA. However, Wednesday night's deadline came and went without a deal.

"SAG-AFTRA negotiated in good faith and was eager to reach a deal that sufficiently addressed performer needs, but the AMPTP’s responses to the union’s most important proposals have been insulting and disrespectful of our massive contributions to this industry," SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said.

"The companies have refused to meaningfully engage on some topics and on others completely stonewalled us. Until they do negotiate in good faith, we cannot begin to reach a deal," Drescher continued. "We have no choice but to move forward in unity, and on behalf of our membership, with a strike recommendation to our National Board. The board will discuss the issue this morning and will make its decision."

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The SAG-AFTRA contracts were originally set to end June 30 but were extended to Wednesday at midnight Pacific Time in the hopes of reaching an agreement. However, now it appears likely that Hollywood actors will join writers in their strike.