With the news that SAG-AFTRA will now go on strike, members of the acting guild have taken to social media to express their support for the union and to commit to the fight.
SAG-AFTRA members are joining the Writers Guild of America in striking for fair compensation, making it a “double strike,” which hasn’t happened since 1960.
The WGA has been on strike since May 2.Jamie Lee Curtis took to Instagram and championed the strike by posting a photo of the comedy and tragedy masks.
“It looks like it’s time to take down the Masks.
And pick up the Signs,” she wrote in the caption.
Curtis’ post comes after SAG members awarded her the supporting actress prize for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” at the SAG Awards earlier this year.
She has Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” set for release in August, but she will not be allowed to promote the film during the strike.
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