SAG-AFTRA Members Sign Open Letter in Solidarity for Strike

SAG-AFTRA members picket outside of Netflix's building on day 99 of their strike against the Hollywood studios in Hollywood, California on October 20, 2023.saying they “would rather go on strike than take a bad deal.” The letter was released by “Members in Solidarity,” a collection of more than 3,600 performers including notable names like

“We have not come all this way to cave now,” the letter says, acknowledging that the actors strike has hit the 100 day mark. “We have not gone without work, without pay, and walked picket lines for months just to give up on everything we’ve been fighting for. We cannot and will not accept a contract that fails to address the vital and existential problems that we all need fixed.”

It continues, “In any union, there will always be a minority who are not willing to make temporary sacrifices for the greater good. But we, the majority who voted overwhelmingly to authorize this strike, are still standing in solidarity, ready to strike as long as it takes and to endure whatever we must in order to win a deal that is worthy of our collective sacrifice.

Other signees include Cynthia Nixon, Leslie Odom Jr. Demi Moore, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jonathan Groff, Kate Walsh, Chelsea Handler, Christian Slater, Sandra Oh, Daveed Diggs, Pedro Pascal, and Kal Penn. The release of the letter comes after a separate group of actors, including A-listers George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Kerry Washington, Tyler Perry, Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston, Robert De Niro, and Ben Affleck, made their own offer to help bring the strike to an end. SAG-AFTRA presidentPressure has been mounting since the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers abandoned negotiations in a surprise move.

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