The strike and Emmy Awards boycott, which ran from July to October 25, 1980, led to a 32.25% increase in minimum salaries and a 4.5% share of movies made for pay TV. Unemployed actor, Frank Verocca, sits on top of Hollywood sign as part of the actors' strike. Photograph dated August 19, 1980.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;30 x 23 cm. Photographic prints
Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, Calif.) Actors--United States Strikes and lockouts--Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles Picketing--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Mountains--California, Southern Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Mount Lee (Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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