After yesterdaysImagine Dragons partyoutside Netflix, it was Paramounts turn to pop.
Around 900 picketers flooded the streets near Melrose supporting theWGAWests Committee of Black Writers.
These included stars such as Samira Wiley, Gabby Sidibe, Kendrick Sampson and Robin Thede.
Kendrick Sampson and Gaby SidibeRosy Cordero
My house is a two union household, she added.
Thede, creator and star of HBOsA Black Lady Sketch Show,warned the studios to stop being cheap.
Im striking because paying writers a day rate is an abomination.
Bob Odenkirk and Mandy Patinkin on the WGA picket line in New York
We are still professionals and we deserve to be paid that way, she added.
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WHY I’M STRIKING: Because paying writers a day wage is abomination.
Our storytellers need to be protected, especially in a time of CRT and attacks on our stories.
Its a race to the bottom, he added.
The Black community has shown up.
The door is open, WGA East President Michael Winship told Deadline.
Were waiting for them if they want to come back to the table.
As the clock passed noon, more marchers kept arriving, adding letters to an of union signage.
They carried pickets from WGA, SAG-AFTRA and the stagehands union IATSE.
A handful carried signs identifying themselves as UAW United Auto Workers.
Weve got every union covered here, Odenkirk said.
Unless you are writing a paycheck, you are earning a paycheck.
So that is why were here today to support workers.
It doesnt matter what your job is; we are here.
We hope it wont be a long strike but if it is, were ready.
We have strike funds for loans.
