The leader of the U.S.’ largest labor federation had some words for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers when she stopped by a picket at Fox Studios on Thursday.
Shuler had just delivered a speech to striking members of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in front of Fox Studios in West Los Angeles, voicing that the two entertainment unions have the support of “13 million working people across this country.” At the picket — the second themed edition this year devoted to women genre writers working in fantasy and sci-fi — she was joined by California Labor Federation’s executive secretary-treasurer Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher and L.A.
Why was it important for you to come out to the West Coast and go to this picket at Fox Studios today? The writers and the performers are holding the line for all of us, and we have 13 million union members in 60 different unions who are all impacted by the same issues and are in the same struggle. So I wanted to be here to bring their voices and to show these unions that they’re not alone, but also to thank them because they’re holding the line for everybody, especially when it comes to the use of technology and artificial intelligence.
Is there anything else you want to add about how the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes currently fit into the larger labor movement in the U.S., from your point of view? Well, it’s a strike summer. We’re seeing not only writers and actors on strike, but we’ve got a lot of workers on strike in different industries. And even though Hollywood is what people focus on, there are workers with
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