FOG BLOG ENTERTAINMENT LOG: SAG/AFTRA ACTORS JOIN WRITERS IN STRIKE , 1ST TIME BOTH OUT SINCE 1960!

Double Strike: Actors Join Writers on First Day of Historic Hollywood Labor Stoppage Fran Drescher and her 160,000-strong union hit the streets on day one of the SAG-AFTRA strike — and day 74 of the WGA strike. While ‘90s or musical-themed pickets may have helped maintain WGA morale during the first 73 days of their strike, the writers got a much bigger lift on Friday as actors joined them on lines across Los Angeles.

The first official day of the historic SAG-AFTRA strike brings with it the promise of A-listers from the 160,000-member group — or, at the very least, union leader and ascendant folk hero Fran Drescher — as two of Hollywood’s most significant labor groups picket alongside one another for the first time since 1960. Demonstrations were again planned at 10 sites across Los Angeles, on a day with temperatures set to climb to 95 degrees in some parts, though Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery are expected to be among the bigger targets for crowds. (In New York, where members of WGA East have been picketing for nearly three months, actors joined writers at robust lines in front of Netflix HQ and the Paramount offices in Times Square.)