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Council Member De La Rosa supports striking WGA and SAG-AFTRA members
1:11:54
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Council Member Carmen De La Rosa expresses strong support for striking WGA and SAG-AFTRA members, highlighting the significance of their joint strike and the broader labor movement in New York City. She urges colleagues to vote in favor of resolutions supporting the unions' contract negotiations and calls on AMPTP to negotiate in good faith.
- De La Rosa emphasizes the importance of the media and entertainment industry in NYC, with over 85,000 employed in the sector.
- She references other recent labor movements, including the averted UPS Teamsters strike and NYSNA nurses' contract.
- The council member sends a message to businesses that New York City prioritizes workers' rights and fair treatment.
Carmen De La Rosa
1:11:54
Thank you.
1:11:55
First, I wanna thank the colleagues who have expressed support for the striking WGA and SAG AFTRA members who are on the picket lines and have been for the past fourteen weeks.
1:12:08
As they stated, we're proud to move forward with resolution six ninety four and resolution seven twenty nine in support of WGA and SAG AFTRA contract negotiations.
1:12:19
Maybe we will finally get a new season of Abbott Elementary or Stranger Things if this works out.
1:12:26
This is the first first time in sixty three years that the sister unions have gone on strike together, and it is indicative of the massive movement in labor that we have witnessed in recent months.
1:12:37
It is a hot labor summer as we know where we've averted a UPS teamster strike, the NYSNA, private sector nurses just secured a historic contract that they have fought for for far too long, and more movements continue to grow across our city.
1:12:52
New York City is home to a large media and entertainment industry with over a 85,000 New Yorkers employed in the industry.
1:13:01
Corporate greed has no place here and we're proud to stand with a 70,000 creatives who walked off the job and are pushing for better wages.
1:13:10
We are asking for the AMPTP to come to the table in good faith and negotiate for our workers and we have the opportunity to support these workers right now.
1:13:20
We have a message to those who seek to do business in our city.
1:13:25
We are a city who puts workers first.
1:13:27
Bob better sell that yacht quickly and make sure that our workers are taken care of.
1:13:32
I ask my colleagues to vote aye for these resolutions.