The Writers Guild of America strike continued Thursday with a demonstration at Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles that featured appearances by Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, as well as a slew of Doll…
today, we’d be gig workers,” Fonda told the large crowd gathered on Van Ness Avenue. “Contracted out by one company to another — we probably wouldn’t know who our boss was. We wouldn’t know who to complain when there’s wage theft; we’d likely be working two to three jobs to make ends meet.”
Saying they were there as actors in solidarity with writers, Fonda shouted that “your fight is our fight. We share the same concerns. All of us need employers, studio executives, who earn such huge salaries, to rethink their business models. “If writers who provide them content, and the actors who bring it all to life, are having a harder and harder time making a decent living, while … the executives can afford mega-mansions and yachts and fancy vacations, then their business model is not sustainable – and it’s certainly not humane.
"If Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton and I were making '9 to 5' today we'd be gig workers… Your fight is our fight… To be creative you have to feel respected… We stand with you… They better watch out…" – Jane Fonda says at the 9-5 picket at Netflix
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