Media Advisory for: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Media Contact: Lea Hausherr (628) 288-9328 or lea.hausherr@sagaftra.org

San Francisco Labor Council and Elected Officials Join SAG-AFTRA in Rally for a Fair Contract

SAG-AFTRA members will rally for a fair contract on Wednesday, July 26^th at 5 PM. Labor leaders from the San Francisco Labor Council and local elected officials will rally in solidarity with their fight for respect and dignity in their professions.

San Francisco – After more than four weeks of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) — the entity that represents major studios and streamers, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros Discovery — SAG-AFTRA’s National Board voted to issue a strike of the Producers–SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Contracts of 2014, as amended by the 2017 and 2020 memoranda of agreement, effective July 14, at 12:01 AM.

SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals, with national offices in Los Angeles and New York, and local offices nationwide. Key issues facing SAG-AFTRA performers are income erosion, AI exploitation, and abusive self-tape demands. More details HERE.

Who:

SAG-AFTRA San Francisco-Northern California Local Members, pre-members, and labor activists.
Labor Leaders Kim Tavaglione, Executive Director of the San Francisco Labor Council, and Tony Delorio, Teamsters 665
Assemblymember Ash Kalra, SF Supervisors Connie Chan, Matt Dorsey, Ahsha Safai, and Catherine Stefani (partial list)

What: Rally in support of SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming Strike

When: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

Where: SF City Hall - Goodlett Steps located at 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102. (Please note we are also having a rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at Noon)

Why: We're Fighting for the Survival of our Profession!

Additional links/information:

SF City Hall Rally

Sacramento State Capitol Rally

SAG-AFTRA Strike

Strike Order

Non-Struck Work

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The San Francisco Labor Council is an organization of 100 affiliate unions, representing over 100,000 working people in San Francisco.

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