This is day 103 of SAG-AFTRA strike.
06.10.2023 - 20:01 / deadline.com
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A themed picket that focused on first responder TV shows attracted the likes of James Pickens, Jr, Jason George, Caterina Scorsone, Harry Shum, Jr, Chandra Wilson and Kim Raver to Warner Bros. Friday in Burbank.
“Some of us have been fortunate enough to have gigs that have given us a certain amount of comfortableness, if that’s a word,” Pickens Jr, who plays Dr. Richard Webber on Grey’s Anatomy, told fellow strikers. “This strike is about the rank and file, about the majority of actors who are just trying to make enough to get health benefits, to make a living wage. The business model has changed. We have to be a part of that change. It’s about equity, it’s about what is fair. We are not going to stop here. We are going to continue until they listen us. Without us there would be no Warner Bros, there would be no Disney.”
(WATCH) Grey's Anatomy's James Pickens Jr. at the first responder drama picket at Warner Brothers today: "It's about equity. It's about what's fair" #SAGAFTRAStrike pic.twitter.com/U3xJT1O6xB
SAG-AFTRA Negotiating Committee member Jason George (Station 19) urged the crowd to stay strong on the picket line, especially now that the WGA achieved a new deal with the AMPTP. “The entire town, the entire country, the entire industry right now said, ‘oh this deal is done. We can chill out,'” he said Friday. “There are a couple days where the lines got a little bit thinner on the picket line. We cannot have that. As a member of the negotiating committee I am begging you to stay strong, to keep on the lines, to tell everyone you know to show up because this keeps the pressure on. That’s what it’s about.”
George went on to say that “first responders shows are the absolute
This is day 103 of SAG-AFTRA strike.
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