95-year-old actress, Rosemary Harris (Aunt May), seen walking the SAG-AFTRA picket line outside of Netflix in NYC today.
Another busy day out on the picket lines across the country.
Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson was out in LA, stars including Daniel Radcliffe, F. Murray Abraham and Rosemary Harris, the 95-year old woman who starred in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies were drumming up support in New York and San Diego’s Comic Con also saw some strike action. This comes after a massive rally in London by UK’s Equity featuring Brian Cox, Simon Pegg and Imelda Staunton.
Brunson told Deadline, “I’m double striking because things have to change, it’s really just that simple. I’m out here supporting all of my fellow members of my unions. There are people who are not in as fortunate positions as me and those are the people that we’re trying to change things for and for all of us.”
Protests are expected outside the studios and networks in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Comic-Con International: San Diego.
This marks the first strike for actors in the film and television industry since 1980 and the first simultaneous strike of actors and the writers unions since 1960.
The WGA endured a 153-day strike that started on January 17, 1960, with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) joining the picket line on March 7, 1960. The SAG strike lasted for 43 days and concluded on April 18, 1960.
The writers strike persisted until June 12, 1960, leading to significant gains for the writers that included the first residuals for theatrical motion pictures, paying 1.2% of the license fee when features were licensed to television; an independent pension plan; and a 4% residual for television reruns, domestic and foreign. Furthermore, this groundbreaking contract established an independent pension fund and participation in an industry health insurance plan.
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