SAG-AFTRA Dissident Candidates Urge Mediation to End Strike: ‘People Can’t Afford This’
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Two challengers in the SAG-AFTRA election are urging the union to bring in an outside mediator to help resolve the actors strike, which has gone on for nearly two months.
Maya Gilbert-Dunbar, who is running against Fran Drescher for president of the union, argued that guild leadership has been too passive, and needs to show more urgency in restarting talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. “Chain your asses up to the damn door of the Sherman Oaks building to show how serious you are,” Gilbert-Dunbar said. “People’s can’t afford this.
Strikes were never meant to last months and months. An effective strike should be short and sweet.” Gilbert-Dunbar is running alongside Peter Antico, who is running for secretary-treasurer.
In an interview, Antico echoed Gilbert-Dunbar’s criticism. “I don’t believe Fran is taking the correct course,” Antico said. “You can’t make any decisions with emotion.
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