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      Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 399 Lindsay Dougherty at a picket line.

      How to Support Striking Workers This Hot Labor Summer

      We should all see these work stoppages as an opportunity to show that unions can carve out more equal economic outcomes.

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      Josh Bivens
      Jul 20, 2023

      Celebrities like Fran Drescher got a lot of media attention last week when they went on strike. The 160,000+ members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) joined 11,000 already striking film and television writers in the first industrywide shutdown in 63 years.

      But it is not just actors—workers across the economy are either walking a picket line or preparing for labor actions later this summer. This has led many to wonder: Why do so many workers feel their only option this summer is to strike?

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      Actors picket carrying signs saying, "SAG-AFTRA on strike!"

      What’s Behind the First Double-Feature Writers’ and Actors’ Strike in 6 Decades

      The main concerns of the workers center around compensation on streaming platforms, such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, and artificial intelligence.

      David Arditi
      Jul 19, 2023

      For the first time since 1960, actors and screenwriters are on strike at the same time.

      As with many of the other strikes that have rippled across the United States over the past three years, this walkout is over demands for better pay and restrictions on their employers’ use of technology to replace paid work.

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      SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Secretary-Treasurer Joely Fisher, and National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland

      'We Demand Respect!' Hollywood Actors Union Joins Writers With Strike Against Studio Titans

      "The eyes of the world and, particularly, the eyes of labor are upon us," said Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA. "What's happening to us is happening across all fields of labor."

      Julia Conley
      Jul 13, 2023

      Powerful Hollywood studios are now up against more than 170,000 workers following a vote to strike on Thursday by the union representing television and film actors, as writers in the entertainment industry are now more than 10 weeks into their own work stoppage.

      The dual strike marks the first time in 62 years that both writers and performers in the industry walked off the job to protest what they say are unfair working conditions and compensation—effectively grinding business in Hollywood to a halt.

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