Murdoch:(opens shipping ledger) We're searching for vessels which are destined to depart for Chicargo...
George Crabtree: Sir, if they're smuggling women would they be writing it down?
Murdoch: (looks down and resumes turning pages) (hoping a wafer thin link to a wafer thin lead may be found on the hand-entered written ledger pages)(hopes George may be wrong but the b- have been very well hidden so far)
George Crabtree: (says nothing acknowledging the wafer-thin lead is all these women may rely on for their rescue )(hopes for the positive while measuring the worst outcomes tallying how to retrieve possible bodies from a ship or call for blankets and transport for upset victims)(reads ledger)( looks grave)
WHY THEY STRIKE: Sean Astin (SAG), Member of the SAG-AFTRA Negotiating Committee & Actor on Lord of the Rings
"They're paying us late. At Universal. And Warner Brothers. And Disney. And Amazon. And Hulu. And Netflix. Are you kidding me?"
Sean Astin makes an impassioned speech on the SAG picket line. Today, August 13, 2023 marks 30 days since the start of their strike (July 14, 2023).
if i see a single one of you pissed that your faves canceled an event or a con appearance because they're striking for fair wages then imma come for you in your sleep 🔪🔪🔪
(direct that fury where it belongs: AMPTP and the execs)
Hope the execs at Universal Pictures get absolutely fucked by all the fines and fees for damaging the trees at the picket line to sabotage the strikes. 🙏🏻
WHY THEY STRIKE: Ke Huy Quan (SAG), 2023 Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once
Roughly 87% of members earn less than the minimum requirement of $26,000 yearly, making them ineligible for health coverage through the union. The studios' refusal to pay union members a living wage and share their streaming revenues via residuals has made this a difficult ask for performers nationwide. For reference, "in most jobs, that [amount] would be considered a part-time job," according to SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher.