Bryan Cranston joined striking actors and writers as they staged a protest in New York on Tuesday, 25 July.<br /><br />Today’s demonstration is part of ongoing action by the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union.<br /><br />The union says it called a strike for better pay to keep up with inflation, and protection over performers’ images and performances to prevent replacement of human performances by artificial intelligence technology.<br /><br />Cranston told a crowd: “We will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots.”