SAG-AFTRA & Teamsters Local 399 Leaders Show Solidarity With WGA At Opening Day Of Contract Talks
deadline.comLeaders of SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 showed their support for the WGA on Monday, posing with WGA leaders shortly before the 11 a.m.
start of the Writers Guild’s contract negotiations with producers at the AMPTP’s headquarters in Sherman Oaks.This is what solidarity looks like!
Joining WGA negotiators at the AMPTP today: @SAGAFTRA Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland & @TeamLocal399 Secretary-Treasurer Lindsay Dougherty. #WGAStrong #1u pic.twitter.com/sDTI1sFZz2 “This is what solidarity looks like!” the WGA West posted on its Twitter page above a photo of the labor leaders.
From left to right are David A. Goodman, former WGA West president and co-chair of the WGA’s Negotiating Committee; Lindsay Dougherty, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 399; Ellen Stutzman, WGA chief negotiator and assistant executive director of the WGA West; Meredith Stiehm, president of the WGA West; Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s national executive director, and Chris Keyser, former WGA West president and co-chair of the WGA Negotiation Committee. RELATED: As WGA & AMPTP Talks Kick Off, Details Emerge Of DGA’s Attempt To Reach Under-The-Radar Deal With Studios Day 2 of the WGA’s contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers gets underway today.
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