WGA<\/a> will join forces with the AFL-CIO and its affiliates from across the nation and across industries for a National Day of Solidarity,\u201d SAG-AFTRA mentioned in an announcement. \u201cIn this \u2018Summer of Strikes,\u2019 working Americans everywhere are fighting for fair contracts, better compensation, safe working conditions and protections from encroaching technology. Together, we are showing corporate America that when we fight, we win!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tSAG-AFTRA has been on strike since July 14, and the Writers Guild since May 2. The rally will begin Tuesday at 10 am PT.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmong these scheduled to talk on the rally embrace SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer\u00a0Joely Fisher,\u00a0SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator\u00a0Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President\u00a0Yvonne Wheeler.<\/p>\n
\n\tOthers scheduled to attend embrace writer-director Aaron Sorkin and fellow The West Wing<\/em> alums Allison Janney, Dul\u00e9 Hill, Bradley Whitford, Josh Malina, Richard Schiff, Melissa Fitzgerald, Mary McCormack and Kathleen York; WGA West board member Liz Alper;\u00a0Directors Guild of America Secretary-Treasurer Paris Barclay; SAG-AFTRA Executive Vice President Ben Whitehair;\u00a0Teamsters Local 399 chief govt officer Lindsay Dougherty; Laborers Local 724 Business Manager\/Secretary-Treasurer\u00a0Alex Aguilar Jr.; American Federation of Musicians Local 47 President\u00a0Stephanie O\u2019Keefe;\u00a0Burbank Mayor\u00a0Konstantine Anthony; and actors\u00a0Kerry Washington and Sean Astin.<\/p>\n\n\tCrabtree-Ireland informed reporters final week that \u201cwe remain very eager to get back to the table with the AMPTP, as we\u2019ve said every day\u201d for the reason that actors\u2019 strike started. \u201cWe have been ready, willing and able to continue bargaining with them and we very much want the AMPTP to come back to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSAG-AFTRA\u00a0has mentioned that key points in its strike embrace \u201ceconomic fairness, residuals, regulating the use of artificial intelligence and alleviating the burdens of the industry-wide shift to self-taping.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe WGA, after 4 straight days of bargaining final week, will resume negotiations this week with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. It\u2019s chief strike points embrace pay raises, viewership-based streaming residuals, the \u201cpreservation of the writers\u2019 room\u201d by means of minimal staffing and assured days of employment, and guardrails towards the usage of synthetic intelligence to write down scripts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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