As the SAG-AFTRA strike enters its second month with no end in sight, joining the WGA strike that began in May, some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have been taking to picket lines to support the unions.
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It’s official: Hollywood’s actors are joining writers on the picket lines.
On Thursday at midnight, the deal between Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) officially went on strike, joining the Writers Guild of America (WGA), which has been on strike since May.
This latest action marks the union’s first strike in 43 years, and the first time since 1960 that both unions have hit the picket lines simultaneously.
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In announcing the union’s decision to strike, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher delivered a fiery speech explaining why she and her fellow actors were left with no other option.
“The eyes of the world, and particularly the eyes of labour, are upon us,” she said. “What happens here is important because what’s happening to us is happening across all fields of labour. By means of when employers make Wall Street and greed their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run.”
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Added Drescher: “The gravity of this move is not lost on me. It’s a very serious thing that impacts thousands if not millions of people all across this country and around the world.”
She concluded, “We demand respect… because you cannot exist without us.”
Ahead of the official call to strike, Emily Blunt addressed the strike from the red carpet at the “Oppenheimer” premiere in London.
“And if they call it, we’ll be leaving together as cast in unity with everyone ,” Blunt told Deadline. “We are gonna have to. We are gonna have to. We will see what happens. Right now it’s the joy to be together.”
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As the SAG-AFTRA strike enters its second month with no end in sight, joining the WGA strike that began in May, some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have been taking to picket lines to support the unions.
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