Stephen Amell, an actor in the SAG-AFTRA union, faces backlash for his comments suggesting lack of support for the Hollywood actors' strike against the AMPTP.
On July 14, SAG-AFTRA, the union representing Hollywood actors, decided to join the Writers Guild of America in a strike against the AMPTP, the union representing Hollywood production companies. Stephen Amell, an actor in the SAG-AFTRA union, found himself in some hot water after comments he made at a North Carolina GalaxyCon event seemed to imply he did not support the strike.
Amell has since made multiple attempts to walk his comments back. While he told TMZ that he understands the strike "on an intellectual level," he goes on to imply that the union hasn’t already exhausted all other negotiating tactics. He also suggested that anyone with a dissenting opinion suffers repercussions, and he’s only begrudgingly supporting the union.
Unions Do Much More Than Organizing Strikes According to the Department of Labor, “a labor union is a group of two or more employees who join together to advance common interests…” Unions in all different kinds of professions work with employers across the country in contract negotiations to make sure their fellow laborers aren’t being taken advantage of or treated inhumanely. Often, union leaders must meet with employers and mediators multiple times before contract agreements can be reached.
These particular negotiations between the writers and actors against the production companies have hit a lot of significant roadblocks. Two days before SAG-AFTRA joined the WAG strike, Deadline quoted a studio executive who said “The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” which rightfully sparked a lot of backlash against the AMPTP.
Stephen Amell, You Have Failed This Union Considering how stubbornly antagonistic the AMPTP has been during these negotiations, it’s even more important for the unionized actors to show solidarity and resolve in achieving their goals. This is why Amell’s comments against the strike are so detrimental to their cause. The lawyers negotiating for wealthy employers will exploit any chink in the armor that unions have to defend their demands.
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