Georgia non-union industry employees face newfound challenges in SAG-AFTRA/WGA fight for higher wages

Carpenter and non-union background actor Lewis Toms has relied primarily on carpentry work to stay afloat financially since the launch of both the WGA strike in May and the SAG-AFTRA strike earlier this month. (Marlon Hyde/WABE)

On days when she works on set, makeup artist Tiyra Rogers often gets up at the crack of dawn to get actors camera ready.

“I wrapped my last film at the beginning of June, so it’s been about four weeks, which leads me to believe [work] is going to be inconsistent.”

Since the WGA Strike, Rogers, a non-union worker, has been working for a dentist’s office, hoping a deal to end the strike will come soon.