Protest organizers see the move as a reluctant half-measure. “What’s happened here with this sidewalk, how they’ve handled it, is a microcosm of the strike in general,' says one WGA lot coordinator. 'It took a lot of pressure and shaming for them to move an inch. But we see this as a first step in AMPTP addressing our needs.”
claiming the studio had infringed on their members’ right to picket as well as their safety by obstructing the public sidewalk in front of their lot, the company restored partial access along Lankershim Blvd.
The changes — freshly poured asphalt and removed fencing — were revealed on Tuesday to marchers and uninvolved pedestrians in the hours before the two unions held a joint press conference and rally at the studio’s main entrance, at which they assailed NBCUniversal, both for its perceived mulishness in the respective contractual negotiations that have led to the ongoing strikes as well as the sidewalk situation, which they find hazardous.
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