Entertainment Unions Increase Support for Occupy Wall Street

Decrying "gross earnings inequality and crazy Boss compensation" and pointing to some backdrop of unemployment and house foreclosures, Authors Guild of America East leader Michael Winship became a member of Occupy Wall Street protesters inside a march Wednesday included in a WGAE contingent that incorporated executive director Lowell Billings contributing to three dozen guild people and staff.our editor recommendsL.A. County AFL-CIO Encourages Occupy La and Occupy Wall Street Protests (Exclusive)Occupy Wall Street: What Hollywood Says Concerning the ProtestsWGA East Encourages Occupy Wall Street Protests (Exclusive)Occupy Wall Street: NY Occasions Reporter Arrested Throughout ProtestHollywood Chefs Join Occupy Wall Street Protests The American Federation of Music artists Local 802 also took part in the march. AFM national leader Ray Hair became a member of the march included in that contingent, stating he was doing this "in order to focus attention around the economic plight of America's employeesInch and raging "the cash males of Wall Street, who blew the economy, (and) walked away untouched, bailed by helping cover their their large bonuses, bringing together their energy." PHOTOS: Dems and Republicans' Favorite Movies "Capital has cleared up on American employees during these hard occasions, very nearly cleaning us out," Hair added. At this time around in La, a march by Occupy LA is happening using the participation from the SEIU, among other unions. Rosanna Arquette was spotted in the event. Also Thursday, Leader Obama stated "The protesters are giving voice to some more broad based frustration about how exactly our economic climate works." The NY march attracted wide media attention, using the NY Occasions confirming the participation of 1000's of union people and unanimous support through the AFL-CIO's executive council. The AFL-CIO was considered to be taking part a march in Washington Thursday. PHOTOS: Box Office Politics: The Films, Stars Dems versus. GOPers Love (and Like to Hate) The WGA West became a member of the chorus of critique today, with guild leader Christopher Keyser saying "The wealthy are becoming much, much more potent (while) the center class . . . is vanishing, and our poor and our unemployed have been in free fall." Keyser added, "The companies and those who gambled with this future, who designed a killing on that wager after which got bailed out by us, have returned with robust profits and unconscionable salaries. Nobody has compensated a cost for your however the American worker." Younger crowd condemned both political parties, stating that "neither appears to achieve the guts or even the independence to keep anybody accountable in order to demand significant safeguards to safeguard us from all this happening again." To date, Stars Equity, AFTRA, the DGA, IATSE, the entertainment Teamsters and SAG have continued to be quiet, possibly reflecting labor union hesitation the Occasions story spotlighted, caused by the Occupy movement's anti-capitalist roots and roots outdoors at work. Indeed, the clearly class-based claims in the entertainment unions seem to be the very first such language they've utilized in a long time. The entertainment unions are occasionally seen to be organizations from the wealthy, but nearly all their people, both above and below the road, make earnings more precisely referred to as middle-class or below and frequently need to find it difficult to find work. Just the most visible people of individuals unions, for example top stars, result in the kind of salaries considered high as well as astronomical by regular standards. Some of the entertainment unions stressed that they're not anti-capitalist, with Winship saying "None people are against profit" and Keyser remarking "there's no requirement that everybody benefit equally." But Keyser added that "the overall game (shouldn't be) rigged." Email: jhandel@att.internet Twitter: @jhandel Related Subjects Obama Labor