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🗓️ 4 September 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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It’s "strike two" for Hollywood! For the first time in over 60 years, actors and writers are both hitting the picket lines at the same time. SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher - aka "The Nanny" - gave a passionate speech yesterday announcing that members of the actors union are going on strike after failing to reach an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers - aka the studios. Looks like a total Hollywood shutdown for now, with no happy ending in sight!
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0:00.0 | Erecha, it's Labor Day, so you know what that means? Like millions of people across the country, |
0:06.5 | we're not going to labor. |
0:07.5 | Oh, for once. Instead, we're getting the day off. |
0:11.0 | We are getting the day off and good Lordy do I need it. And while many of us are |
0:18.4 | very fortunate to get paid for this holiday this is not the case with all those members of the Screen Acters Guild and the |
0:24.7 | Writers Guild of America they're all on strike and they haven't gotten a paycheck in |
0:28.8 | months. Yeah not cool it's day 126 for the writers and day 52 for the actors on the picket line. |
0:36.3 | So in honor of Labor Day, we want to salute everybody on the picket line who's looking for a fair deal. |
0:41.4 | Yeah, and to all those struggling actors and writers out there, |
0:44.4 | we love you, stay strong, |
0:46.0 | and we'll see you on the picket lines. |
0:47.8 | So, Are we're just |
0:55.0 | Arisha, I feel like we've all had those moments where we just feel like we're completely |
0:59.4 | getting screwed over in some way. |
1:01.0 | Yeah, sometimes daily it feels like. |
1:03.1 | I was just going to say. |
1:04.1 | Depending on the day of the week. |
1:06.2 | Yeah. |
1:07.1 | And you know what, there comes a point when you got to just be like, |
1:09.3 | listen, enough is enough. |
1:10.9 | And that point is right now for the members of the Screen Actors Guild, they have voted |
1:15.7 | overwhelmingly to go on strike. |
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