Makeup artists, set decorators, props suppliers and other workers across Hollywood gathered outside of City Hall in Los Angeles on Thursday, pushing government officials to offer more assistance amid the actors strike.
The below-the-line workers — joined by actors, writers and directors — called for an increase to unemployment benefits, as well as for Gov. Gavin Newsom to intervene in negotiations, with the aim of pressuring the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers to stay at the bargaining table and make a deal with actors in order for them to return to work.
“We’re out here, because we felt like six months without work is something the government should pay attention to,” said Farah Bunch, a makeup artist with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 706 who helped organize the rally. “People are losing their whole livelihoods.”
The gathering started at noon just as the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA were scheduled to return to negotiations.
The below-the-line workers — joined by actors, writers and directors — called for an increase to unemployment benefits, as well as for Gov. Gavin Newsom to intervene in negotiations, with the aim of pressuring the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers to stay at the bargaining table and make a deal with actors in order for them to return to work.
“We’re out here, because we felt like six months without work is something the government should pay attention to,” said Farah Bunch, a makeup artist with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 706 who helped organize the rally. “People are losing their whole livelihoods.”
The gathering started at noon just as the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA were scheduled to return to negotiations.
- 10/27/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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