'We made the hard decision that we tell you as we stand before you today,' SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said. 'This is major. It’s really serious, and it’s going to impact every single person that is in labor.'
Andi Brittan, a set decorator in Hollywood, sits in the living room with her dog Memphis at her home in Los Angeles on July 20, 2023.
For a quarter of a century, Andi Brittan has worked steadily as a set decorator on movies and TV shows, but as Hollywood began to slow down this year in anticipation for what has become known as theMid-City-based Brittan's most recent big show was Prime Video's Emmy-nominated "Daisy Jones & the Six" last year. To make ends meet, she has been taking on side gigs, like teaching set decorating to high schoolers. “It's been a huge struggle,” she said.
Despite the personal financial hardship, Brittan, 52, refuses to cross a picket line. “I feel like this is a fight worth fighting for,” Brittan said. “It's not just for the writers, it's for all of us.”the battle between Hollywood studios and writers and actors over streaming pay, working conditions, artificial intelligence and other issues has ground Hollywood to a halt.
She is the set decorator representative and a delegate for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 44 — the IATSE union represents people working in crafts such as costuming, makeup and film editing. They keep Hollywood humming. For these workers, many already financially vulnerable, the
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