SAG-AFTRA Declares Actors Go on Strike: Celebrities React
etonline.comformally approved a strike upon negotiations falling apart between the actors' union and major Hollywood studios and streamers, who are represented by the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers).The actors will now join the writers on the picket line, marking the first time since 1960 that two major guilds will be striking at the same time.
The writers' strike began May 2 and is in its 10th week.In addition to Rae, a number of others stars are speaking out following news of the strike, including Rosie O'Donnell, Margaret Cho, Jamie Lynn Spears, Mandy Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Riley Keough and Kaley Cuoco, who posted messages of support for SAG on social media.
star Cynthia Nixon posted to her Instagram Story, «The @sagaftra strike has at last arrived. I am proud to be standing with the @WGAWest and @WGAEast as actors and writers together demand a fair share of the record-breaking profits the studios have been reaping from our labor for far too long.
We will win this!» creator Gary Janetti also brought up the strike by making a small joke on Instagram. «Actors to join writers on strike.
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