Posted on Sep 9, 2023
'Star Trek' stars join the picket lines in Hollywood
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As Hollywood actors and writers continue their strike against major studios, one special picket line honored Star Trek and its many spinoffs. Castmates from the various generations of the show met on the picket line outside the the gates of Paramount Pictures, where they once taped episodes.
Among them was OG Trekker George Takei, who played Lieutenent Sulu in the original 1960s series. He stood alongside LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1990s. Burton had a message for studio executives who they've been on strike against:
As Hollywood actors and writers continue their strike against major studios, one special picket line honored Star Trek and its many spinoffs. Castmates from the various generations of the show met on the picket line outside the the gates of Paramount Pictures, where they once taped episodes.
Among them was OG Trekker George Takei, who played Lieutenent Sulu in the original 1960s series. He stood alongside LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1990s. Burton had a message for studio executives who they've been on strike against:
'Star Trek' stars join the picket lines in Hollywood
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Michelle Hurd, who plays a former Starfleet first officer in Star Trek: Picard, says the streaming platforms are multi million dollar businesses. "There's enough of that money to give us a tiny, tiny slice of that pie so that we can make an honest living," she said. "Writers and actors, this is a sacred art form that's been around forever. Just compensate us for our work."
Hurd said the fight going on in Hollywood is a microcosm of the labor movements around the world.
"We've been ready since July 13th to negotiate. We've asked every week for them to come back to the table," she said. "I have faith and hope that they will come to a respectful contract and then come to the table and bring it to us too, because we are ready to get back to work. Writers and actors are at the table. Where are they?"
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Sept. 9, 2023
An earlier version of this story misspelled the first name of Wil Wheaton as Will."
..."Michelle Hurd, who plays a former Starfleet first officer in Star Trek: Picard, says the streaming platforms are multi million dollar businesses. "There's enough of that money to give us a tiny, tiny slice of that pie so that we can make an honest living," she said. "Writers and actors, this is a sacred art form that's been around forever. Just compensate us for our work."
Hurd said the fight going on in Hollywood is a microcosm of the labor movements around the world.
"We've been ready since July 13th to negotiate. We've asked every week for them to come back to the table," she said. "I have faith and hope that they will come to a respectful contract and then come to the table and bring it to us too, because we are ready to get back to work. Writers and actors are at the table. Where are they?"
Correction
Sept. 9, 2023
An earlier version of this story misspelled the first name of Wil Wheaton as Will."
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