(via Deadline)

For months now, the post-production editors of Saturday Night Live, the department crucial to many of the most viral clips on SNL these days, have been trying to negotiate a contract renewal as a unionized group with NBC Universal. No such agreement has been reached at this point and, as such, the SNL Post-Production Editors have set a date for April 1st to walk out in the fight for fair wages and health benefits.

Doing post production for a live-to-air show usually means that crunch time is all the time. That is the pace of Saturday Night Live in general, but one often only hears of the long hours and wild turnaround times for the writers and performers. The crew and staff behind SNL are under the same sort of pressures, but operate thanklessly (at least from the general public) in the shadows. So, it shouldn’t be the case that people that are putting together all the fake commercials, graphics, etc. should be struggling with their pay or health care for such an TV and comedy institution as Saturday Night Live.

We can only hope their terms are met by NBCU as April 1st just happens to be on a Saturday.

Also, it should be noted that April Fools’ Day is finally getting a much needed shake-up.