Actors on the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line Express Cautious Optimism Ahead of Renewed Negotiation
September 30, 2023 by Marisa Roffman
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Jeri Ryan, a SAG-AFTRA support sign attached to a food truck, and Ellen Crawford. (Photo credits: Marisa Roffman/Give Me My Remote)
With SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP set to start negotiating on a new contract on Monday, October 2—days after the WGA secured their new three-year deal—the picket line at Warner Bros. was overflowing with supporters on Friday, September 29.
“It finally feels like we’re in the home stretch,” Jeri Ryan (STAR TREK: PICARD/VOYAGER) tells Give Me My Remote. “I think the studios finally get they don’t have a choice. They have to make this work; they have to. The greed is not working for them. It’s not working for us. It’s not working for anyone. And I think they finally had their little ‘come to Jesus’ moment, and they realize that reality has to sink in and you’ve got to make a deal.”
