Sometimes celebrities aren’t afraid to use their platform to voice their thoughts.
Seth Rogen is the latest celebrity to call out a big entity, as “The Studio” star used his acceptance speech to call out the Writers Guild of America after winning the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.
During the speech, the actor thanks SAG-AFTRA, a labor union for thousands of performers, for putting on the ceremony, but takes a jab at WGA for not paying their employees to put one on.
“You were able to pay your own employees enough to keep the awards show from being canceled. Take notes, WGA,” the seasoned actor said.
The Writers Guild of America West’s staff went on strike last month, Deadline reported.
The Writers Guild Staff Union has claimed that employers “surveilled workers for union activity” in addition to engaging in bad faith surface bargaining and terminating union supporters.
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Read more at Deadline.
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