Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined actors and writers in Manhattan.
NEW YORK — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined the actors and writers unions on a picket line in Manhattan Monday, lending her own considerable star power to the fight for more-favorable contracts with movie studios.
The Writers Guild of America has been on strike since May 2 demanding better pay and benefits. The actors union, SAG-AFTRA, just called their own strike on July 14. Democratic politicians have backed them, with President Joe Biden and progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders , among others, issuingOne major sticking point has been the use of artificial intelligence in writing scripts. But Ocasio-Cortez hammered home the essential and irreplaceable nature of the writers’ work.
She recently joined a rally with the Teamsters earlier this month on Long Island, as they threatened to strike if a contract can’t be reached with UPS by Aug. 1. Though Ocasio-Cortezfrom other socialists for voting to block a December 2022 strike by Railroad Workers United, She defended the vote as following the will of the rank and file members.
Actor F. Murray Abraham, who was nominated for an Emmy for his role as the grandfather on season two of “The White Lotus,” also joined the picket line Monday. “Without a union, there is no middle class. And without a middle class, there is no democracy. Unions are good for America,” he said.
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