Dear Guild Member:
We encourage you, on your own time, to walk any picket line that has been set up by the WGA to show your solidarity. If you are not working (or are on break or lunch) and want to come out to support the WGA picket line, please come to one of the following locations. When you arrive at the location, look for the designated Screen Actors Guild staff member.
REMINDER:
- Please stay at
studio locations, and do not join picketers at on-location sites. Screen
Actors Guild is not condoning or participating in disruption and/or attempts
to shut down location shoots.
- It is critical that SAG picket
signs not be displayed at any locations other than the appropriate sites at
the studios and networks.
- If you are contracted to work on a
television series or motion picture that continues to produce while the WGA is
on strike, you are obligated by your personal service agreement and the “No
Strike” clause in our collective bargaining agreements to go to work. You can
continue to audition for work and accept new work if you choose to do so.
- Screen
Actors Guild members should not perform the duties covered by WGA contracts.
Simply stated, you should not write anything normally written by striking WGA
writers.
- Finally, and most importantly, we must support our
fellow SAG members on every set even if they have to cross a picket line to
get to work. They are simply following the advice of their union and honoring
their contract. It is not reasonable to expect SAG cast members to risk the
potentially enormous personal liability that may flow from refusing to work in
the absence of a SAG strike. Please note, the WGA contract includes a similar
“No Strike” clause and writers would be bound to the same rules as you are if
another union were striking.
In Los Angeles:
Monday,
Nov. 12 is "Bring Your Kids to Picket" Day
PARAMOUNT
STUDIOS / RALEIGH STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD
5555 Melrose Avenue & 5300
Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Meeting Point: Windsor Gate
Parking
Option: Streets south of Melrose
WARNER BROS. STUDIOS
4000
Warner Boulevard
Burbank, CA 91522
Meeting Place: Gate 2-3 on
Olive
Parking Option: Street parking around studio
In
New York:
Monday, November 12: No Picketing. There
will be a meeting for Strike Captains at the Writers Guild Office. Large-scale
actions will resume on Tuesday, November 13.
IMPORTANT
NOTE: We have also set up a toll-free Screen Actors Guild WGA strike
information hotline number for questions regarding work rules and picket line
locations. Through this hotline number, you can get up-to-the-minute
information on work rules, picket line locations and help with other questions.
Screen
Actors Guild WGA Strike Information Hotline:
1-877-724-7875.