SAG-AFTRA held its largest and most star-studded rally yet Tuesday in Times Square in a picket sign-waving show of solidarity 12 days into
A day after a Variety report that have hit picket lines thus far, the rally Tuesday boasted more star wattage than perhaps any single strike action yet. Among those joining throngs of demonstrators were Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Brendan Fraser, Ellen Burstyn, Wendell Pierce, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Zegler, Michael Shannon, Jane Curtin, Christian Slater and Chloe Grace Moretz.
Taking up a full city block, actors and representatives from the actors union took turns giving fiery speeches on a stage in the heart of Times Square while tourists gawked and passing trucks honked in support. At times, the actors took aim at the corporate lights and billboards around them, including the Walt Disney-owned ESPN and ABC studios that sat alongside the rally.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e got a message to Mr. Iger,91裸聊视频� said Cranston, directing his comments at Disney CEO Bob Iger. 91裸聊视频淚 know, sir, that you look through things from a different lens. We don91裸聊视频檛 expect you to understand who we are but we ask you to hear us, and beyond that, to listen to us when we tell you we will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots. We will not have you take away our right to work and earn a decent living.91裸聊视频�
The rally took place a stone91裸聊视频檚 throw from Broadway theaters and, given the talent involved, featured a higher degree of show business than your usual labor rally. 91裸聊视频淎vatar91裸聊视频� actor Stephen Lang quoted Frederick Douglass. Wendell Pierce recited Samuel Beckett. Tituss Burgess didn91裸聊视频檛 speak; he sang Stephen Sondheim.
Arian Moayed, who played the investor Stewy Hosseini in 91裸聊视频淪uccession,91裸聊视频� compared the characters of the HBO series to the studio executives the actors are negotiating with.
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Christine Baranski of 91裸聊视频淭he Good Wife91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淭he Good Fight91裸聊视频� likewise drew from her own credits.
91裸聊视频淲e will not live under corporate feudalism. It is time, it is just simply time to make things right. Our contribution will not be undervalued, and we will not be robbed,91裸聊视频� said Baranski before concluding: 91裸聊视频淟et91裸聊视频檚 fight the good fight!91裸聊视频�
Earlier this month, who walked out in May. It91裸聊视频檚 the first time both unions have been on strike at the same time since 1960. The stoppage has shuttered nearly all film and television production. Actors say the streaming revolution has altered pay in entertainment, and remaking working conditions. They are also seeking guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence, along with increases to the union91裸聊视频檚 health care and pension programs.
91裸聊视频淥ur industry has changed exponentially,91裸聊视频� said Cranston. 91裸聊视频淲e are not in the same business model that we were in even 10 years ago. And yet, even though they admit that that91裸聊视频檚 the truth in today91裸聊视频檚 economy, they are fighting us tooth and nail to stick to the same economic system that is outmoded, outdated. They want us to step back in time.91裸聊视频�
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which is negotiating on behalf of studios, has said it presented actors with a generous deal that included the biggest bump in minimum pay in 35 years among other benefits. Since talks broke off and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists commenced the strike, the sides have not negotiated and no talks are scheduled.
91裸聊视频淲e may be on strike but I said to them on July 12 we are ready to continue talking tomorrow and every day after until we reach a deal,91裸聊视频� said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA. 91裸聊视频淎nd I91裸聊视频檝e said that every day since to the media, to them, to anyone who would listen. SAG-AFTRA is ready, willing and able to return to the bargaining table.
91裸聊视频淭he only reason we aren91裸聊视频檛 there now is because those companies said that they didn91裸聊视频檛 want to deal with people who were uncivilized and because those companies said they wouldn91裸聊视频檛 be ready to talk for quite some time,91裸聊视频� added Crabtree-Ireland.
Many actors Tuesday cast the strike in personal terms. Slater said the union91裸聊视频檚 health care helped sustain his father91裸聊视频檚 life. Slater91裸聊视频檚 father, the actor Michael Hawkins, died last November. Liza Col贸n-Zayas, the 51-year-old Bronx-born actor of the Hulu hit series 91裸聊视频淭he Bear,91裸聊视频� said her lifetime of hard work isn91裸聊视频檛 paying off.
91裸聊视频淚 have struggled 35 years to get here only to find residuals have dwindled exponentially,91裸聊视频� said Col贸n-Zayas. 91裸聊视频淚f you can announce the highest-viewed this and the highest profits in that, then you can track our residuals. So we need to come to the table but we need to come to the table in good faith that there will be transparency in how we are being paid by streaming. We need you to open the books.91裸聊视频�
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