Kirsten Nelson Instagram – We are still here. This is not yet over.
As the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) nears the finish line, the Actors are getting closer. Our negotiating committee, after 81 days on the picket line, has finally been approached by the Studio Producers (the AMPTP) to sit down and resume talks. So on Monday, Oct 2, Day 81 of our strike action, maybe they’ll listen.
Yes we are exhausted.
Yes we have been daily mentally and physically challenged.
Yes we fucking want to get back to work – work we LOVE and about which we are PASSIONATE.
But until our committee wins the contract that so many many deserve, we stand strong. We are buoyed by the support of our sister unions. We are lifted by the donations and care of those strangers who are now friends. We continue to hit the pavement with swelling numbers. We hold the line.
We hold it for those who lost their livelihoods.
We hold it for those who lost their feeling of self-worth.
We hold it for the next generation who, against all odds, have a passion for art and storytelling in their hearts and need to follow that dream.
And we hold it for those who lost their homes, their insurance, their relationships, their everything, who just couldn’t make it here with us at the end…we’ll cross the finish line holding your spirits.
We didn’t come this far to only make it this far.
One day longer, One day stronger. #sagaftrastrong | Posted on 01/Oct/2023 21:08:25
