Atlanta SAG-AFTRA president speaks on negotiating amid strike, state of Georgia's film industry

Eric Goins, President of Atlanta's local of the Screen Actors Guild opens a SAG-AFTRA rally in Atlanta on July 17, 2023. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

The full force of Georgia’s film industry will rally in southwest Atlanta Tuesday night at the local Teamsters Union office near the Lakewood Amphitheater in South Atlanta.

It’s the latest picket for workers and union leaders with SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America amid an ongoing strike with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

The Writers Guild has been on strike since May, when contracts expired and demands for higher pay and streaming residuals weren’t met. Soon after, in June, SAG-AFTRA voted to join writers on the picket line.