It wasn’t an official strike, just a protest. But 100 or so members of the Screen Actors Guild picketed NBC’s Tonight Show in Burbank last night. And President Obama’s limo sped past them faster than Joe Biden putting his foot in his mouth.
Here’s how Variety explains it:
The protest was organized in hopes of bringing the issue of SAG’s contract stalemate to Obama’s attention. The Membership First faction of SAG has been urging members to vote down whatever deal’s sent out for ratification due to its perceived shortcomings in new media.
“I told the president’s office that there would be demonstrators outside NBC to alert him to the fact that many of our members won’t be able to make any living if this deal’s shoved down our throats,” said Scott Wilson, who organized the event.
SAG national board members Frances Fisher and Nancy Sinatra attended along with former board members Michael Bell and Susan Savage.
What a great story. It has Hollywood. It has unions. It has a floundering socialist president screwing Hollywood unions.
It has everything except someone to sympathize with.
Source: Variety
