LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 21, 1980 

* 1980 actors strike begins
* Screen Actors Guild
* American film industry

The front page has a banner headline: "60,000 Actors on Strike" with lead-in: "TV-FILM STUDIOS SHUT DOWN" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Great to have from the home of the entertainment industry. Rare as such.
Complete 1st section only with all 22 pages, nice condition.

Background: The July 21, 1980 joint strike by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and AFTRA marked a critical turning point in Hollywood history, serving as the industry's first major labor battle over the digital and home-entertainment revolution. Halting film and television production nationwide for over three months, the strike brought 67,000 performers off set—punctuated by a famous actor boycott of the 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards—to demand wage increases amid high inflation and, most significantly, a cut of revenues from emerging technologies like pay TV and home video (VCRs). When the walkout ended in October 1980, the resulting contract secured a 32.5% pay raise and established the fundamental framework for new media residuals—a financial paradigm that governed talent compensation for decades and set a lasting precedent for how unions bargain over disruptive media shifts.