It is commonly known that there is always something to do in New York City and tomorrow is no different. At high noon in Washington Square Park, the Writers Guild of America East will be holding a solidarity rally until 1:30PM approximately. Organizers are expecting around 1,000 people to show up, but I have feeling that those that love labor and the writers who are in this union have many devoted supporters. Even many that can spend their lunch hour in the Square to show the big corporate studios who's side their on.
From WGAEast:
Solidarity Rally
Tuesday, November 27
Washington Square Park
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Join your fellow members of the Writers Guild of America, the labor community, and supporters and fans, as the WGA begins week four of its strike against the media conglomerates of the AMPTP.Meet us at Washington Square Park for a Solidarity Rally. We’re expecting a large attendance from the union community -- including SEIU, AFTRA, SAG, UNITE-HERE, AFT, NYS AFL-CIO, national AFL-CIO, and the New York City Central Labor Council among others -- as well as some exciting speakers, music and entertainment.
We want to thank the thousands of union members from every industry who have joined us on the picket lines from New York to Los Angeles and stood with us to preserve decent working standards against corporate power. Now that we’re going back to the table, it’s even more important to send the companies a strong message: We’re all in this together and we demand a fair deal!
If that isn't enough to coax you over, there will be a ton of celebrities as well, both political and plain old Hollywood style ones. Some names include Senator John Edwards, Congressman Jerry Nadler, Tim Robbins, Michael Emerson, Joe Pantoliano, Colin Quinn, Aasif Mandvi, Tony Goldwyn, Evan Handler, Gilbert Gottfried and many, many others. So I better see you all at Washington Square Park tomorrow at noon!
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