| The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, officially went on strike last week. That means 160,000 SAG-AFTRA members join members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines in one of the largest labor actions the country has seen in years. In remarks on Thursday, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher stressed that what’s happening in the entertainment industry is happening across labor, calling it the result of “when employers make Wall Street and greed their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run.” Unions across the country have already expressed solidarity with SAG-AFTRA, including the Teamsters who are poised to strike at UPS if a deal on a new contract is not reached by July 31. As United Auto Workers gear up for contract negotiations with automakers and Starbucks stores continue to unionize across the country, it’s shaping up to be a #SolidaritySummer. |
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