Hollywood labor presented a united front last night at the Shrine Auditorium in support of the Writers Guild of America’s ongoing strike, wh
But it was Dougherty who commanded the biggest moments, and was cheered repeatedly when she promised that her members would not cross the WGA’s picket lines.
“Our Teamster members are going to be with you side-by-side as well,” she told the crowd. “We have a saying that we like to tell our members: ‘Teamsters don’t cross picket lines.’
“All of the support you’ve seen so far is just going to get better, and we’re excited to be in this fight with you guys,” she continued. “We are at a turning point in the labor movement right now. If we want to get what’s ours, we’re gonna have to fight for it tooth-and-nail. So just hang in there. Keep fighting. Keep hitting the pavement very single day, because if you throw up a picket line, these f*cking trucks will stop, I promise you.”
After the cheering died down, she continued. “We’ve all seen what’s happening right now in Hollywood. They’re starving all of us out, not just you guys. So, whatever they pay you guys now, they’re going to pay all of us later, with interest.
“And we f*cking promise you that next year, when IATSE and Teamsters go in for our fight, it’s going to be the same thing. We have to fight. We have to keep fighting together.”
