Atlanta SAG-AFTRA, WGA members solidify their stance on strikes, fair compensation

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August 24th, 2023

Actor Elaine Hendrix, a member of Atlanta’s local of the Screen Actors Guild, stands on the dais holding a cardboard sign that reads, "Union" as nearly a thousand of union members and supporters cheer in support of SAG-AFTRA on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. The union, which represents actors, announcers, puppeteers, voiceover artists and other media professionals joined a picket line over 40 days ago that has already held for 113 days by the Writer’s Guild of America. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

On Tuesday evening, National Union Solidarity Day, thousands of local writers, actors and broadcasters gathered into Teamsters Local 728 to show support for their union amid the impending strikes of WGA and SAG-AFTRA, both currently in their 115th and 42nd days on the picket lines respectively.

Atlanta represents over 3,000 SAG-AFTRA members and 121 WGA members, many of whom have been active on picket lines, social media and at rallies throughout the striking period.

Familiar faces, ranging from “Dynasty” and “The Parent Trap” actress and activist Elaine Hendrix to “Stranger Things” co-star Catherine Dyer, took the podium one by one to show support for the fight for creatives to be compensated in payment and resources by corporate media outlets.

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