All you have to do is make this fair deal.
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Do actors get to have minimum wage increases that keep up with inflation?
We dont even want to talk about it.
SAG-AFTRA held a “Rock The City For A Fair Contract” rally In Times Square on TuesdayGetty
This strike, he said, is the result of big corporations that refuse to treat our members fairly.
Are saying No to disrespect from these companies.
SAG-AFTRA is ready, willing and able to return to the bargaining table.
(Boos from the crowd.)
And because those companies said that they wouldnt be ready to talk for quite some time.
(More boos and jeers.)
And their response to that was Were not interested in discussing that.
Which is not true at all.
But the fact is, none of their spin is going to trick anyone.
Its not going to fool you and its not going to fool anyone else out there.
I wish they would have.
I was going to say no to that if they agreed to it?
Thats not real consent.
But you know what?
Its not only background actors.
They made the same proposal for franchise projects.
So any principal performer out there who thought, Oh, wow.
I might have a chance to get on a Marvel movie.
Well, you know what?
And that is wrong.
There comes a time when you have to stand up for whats right, and that time is now.
The WGA has been on strike since May 2.
And people are making real sacrifices.
You all are making real sacrifices.
I hope everyones alright, Peterson said from the stage, pausing his remarks.
Can we get somebody out there?
We need a medic.
Emergency intervention in the back.
Medical aid was dispatched quickly, and before continuing, he noted: It is hot.
What is it that unites us?
he asked, continuing his remarks.
Do we all have the same contract provisions between all the unions?
Do we have identical goals?
What it is that unites us is the fact that our members work for the same companies.
And our members work is essential to those companies.
What we are fighting for is nothing less than the survival of our crafts.
We have to get rid of this tech-bro paradigm that the studios have brought to the bargaining table.
People simply need to be paid enough to make a living.
And that will continue to happen if we dont continue to fight.
The companies strategy, he said, was to break us, one union at a time.
I think its fair to say that that strategy has failed.
(Loud cheers.)
We are all here today to prove that.
And let me give this message to the CEOs and their hangers-on.
Because without us, there is no industry.
Negotiate with us in good faith.
Were here, and were gonna stay here as long as it takes.
