After the national board of SAG-AFTRA officially called an actors’ strike on Thursday after contract negotiations with studios and streamers collapsed without an agreement, UK actors’ union Equity has expressed its support for the walkout in Hollywood, which will affect 160,000 union members. and has begun counseling its own members. Equity Secretary Paul W. Fleming […]
British Writers Guild Chairman supports WGA strike on Solidarity Day – The Hollywood Reporter
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) joined writers and other media and entertainment workers around the world on Wednesday for Screenwriters Everywhere, a global day of solidarity with striking Hollywood writers. Organized in central London, the protest aimed to “support the 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of […]
Jon Stewart and GLAAD Media Awards show solidarity with Writers Strike – The Hollywood Reporter
The 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York served as a show of solidarity for the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike on Saturday night when Jon Stewart, fire island Star author Joel Kim Booster, GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre delivered messages of support before and during […]
