LA is a factory town. Our factory is shut down.
“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”
https://deadline.com/2023/07/writers-strike-hollywood-studios-deal-fight-wga-actors-1235434335/
Really? Have you seen the streets of LA lately? There are between 40-60,000 of us living on the streets already. Film production has halted. My friends, your friends and neighbors have lost their jobs.
Imagine a world without dialogue, color, food, furniture, views, beauty, connection. I don’t want to.
In alliance with all of the creators, artists, set decorators, workers, cooks, delivery folks, writers, makers, carpenters, choreographers, actors, hair & make up, prop houses, production assistants etc…. I hope this 1% action helps the AMPTP remember that they have homes, hearts, and communities too. I refuse to believe that greed will always win. I hope it loses big time this time.
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Join me or not. But make your voice heard somehow.