Teamsters Boss Lindsay Doherty On AMPTP Walking Away From Table: “They Should Be Embarrassed By Their Behavior”
deadline.comThis is day 97 of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Teamsters Local 399 boss Lindsay Dougherty joined IATSE members on the picket line at Warner Bros.
Wednesday to show support for SAG-AFTRA and to express her frustration over the AMPTP‘s recent decision to suspend negotiations. “They should be absolutely embarrassed about their behavior and what they’ve done to the workforce, and really … they should be removed from their positions,” she told Deadline. “It’s ultimately so devastating to our members to see this and to have hope.
And then to have that … just taken away from them, which is essentially what these companies are counting on. You can see the complete devastation and to see us eat our own, so to speak, [by going] after SAG-AFTRA and saying, ‘go back to the table.’ Well, SAG-AFTRA wants to be at the table.
They’re the ones that were at the table when the CEOs are irresponsibly laughing and again.” “They just did it because they have no heart in terms of what they feel and see for the workers that make up their success.” With Day 100 of the strike looming, Doherty had this to say for the actors: “Look, you can’t stop now.
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