Just say “No”! This is not a PSA for anti-drug use but instead A-list stars calling for a halt on the pending SAG strike.
As the Screen Actors Guilde (SAG) called off its emergency Friday board meeting, more than 130 actors -- including George Clooney,
Matt Damon and
Tom Hanks -- have strongly urged SAG members to vote down the guild's strike authorization, reports Variety.
The list also includes
Alan Alda, Jason Alexander,
Alec Baldwin,
Steve Carell,
Billy Crystal,
Cameron Diaz,
Sally Field, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons,
Helen Hunt,
Diane Lane,
Helen Mirren,
Kevin Spacey and
Charlize Theron, along with former SAG presidents
Patty Duke,
Melissa Gilbert and William Schallert.
In a letter sent Monday to leaders of the SAG, the stars said a strike would create more economic hardship and called for SAG to unite with other Hollywood unions in three years.
The letter was issued shortly before guild president
Alan Rosenberg spoke before an overflowing crowd of several hundred at a townhall meeting Monday night at the Westin Times Square, reports Variety.
"They already realize how hard they've been hit financially, and the idea that we'd be asking them to go out on strike, and the idea that they'd be asking the IATSE guys, the craft services people, AFTRA guys and everybody else to go on strike at this point, we think, is just insane," New York board member Paul Christie told Variety. "I haven't run into one person here who's in favor."
On the other side, Rosenberg remained unyielding, saying before the meeting, "In a terrible economy like this, it's our responsibility to make sure our members aren't thrown under the bus; that we're not sacrificing disproportionately while the corporations set themselves up with billions of dollars in new media."
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